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Vor 4 Tagen · Equality as conceptualized by Alexis de Tocqueville in his book Democracy in America is depicted as an unstoppable force shifting humanity out of an earlier historical era as Tocqueville outlined that “The gradual development of equality of conditions is therefore a providential fact and it has the principle characteristics of one: it is universal, it is enduring, each day it escapes human ...
Vor einem Tag · The Ostroms thought the answer is to think about how to best enable self-governance. We can define self-governance as the capacity of a community to live under rules of its own choice, and to produce social-economic outcomes that most members of the community find desirable (Tarko 2021). Self-governance is valuable because it enables a more ...
Vor 6 Tagen · Alexis de Tocqueville veröffentlichte 1835 sein bis heute wichtiges Werk Über die Demokratie in Amerika, stellte jedoch später fest: „Es ist unser Gebrauch der Wörter ‚Demokratie‘ und ‚demokratische Regierung‘, der zu größter Verwirrung führt. Solange diese Wörter nicht einvernehmlich klar definiert sind, leben die ...
Vor 4 Tagen · Instead, they advocated for gradual reforms, preserving tradition while seeking to improve it. Thinkers like Edmund Burke and Alexis de Tocqueville didn’t just challenge conventional wisdom – they flipped it upside down. Examining Contrarian Arguments. Contrarian philosophers didn’t just criticize popular theories. They offered ...
Vor 4 Tagen · What We’re Reading. May 31, 2024. The Editors. Announcements. Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America. Tocqueville’s classic Democracy in America is a timely read and is as important now as when it was written. When asked to write an essay (book review, really) for a new forthcoming journal by Word on Fire Institute, I ...
Vor 4 Tagen · Alexis de Tocqueville Award. Beginning in 2022, this award is given annually for the best paper concerned with democracy and public opinion, whether in a consolidated or in an emerging democracy.
Vor 4 Tagen · That same year, after France’s 1848 Revolution, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in his “Critique of Socialism”: “Democracy extends the sphere of individual freedom, socialism restricts it. Democracy attaches all possible value to each man; socialism makes each man a mere agent, a mere number.
