{"product_id":"america-after-tocqueville-democracy-against-difference-paperback-9780521030243","title":"America after Tocqueville; Democracy against Difference (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521030243","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerica after Tocqueville\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDemocracy against Difference\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMitchell's study uses Tocqueville's Democracy in America to address current tensions in American democracy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHarvey Mitchell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521030243, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e340 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.503 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The study is … the product of a mature and wide-ranging mind …' History of Political Thought\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAmerica after Tocqueville complements Harvey Mitchell's previous book, Individual Choice and the Structures of History: Alexis de Tocqueville as Historian Reappraised (1996). This study draws on Democracy in America to study the condition of democracy in the United States in our own time. Three aspects of Americanism inform Harvey Mitchell's book, and cannot be separated from Tocqueville's consideration of the three races. First, he addresses tensions in the United States between ideas of equality and a political system that tries to keep it within bounds. He turns to the relationship between this system and the dynamics of American capitalism. and he analyses the criteria for inclusion and exclusion in American life. Overall, he asks if Americans have surrendered to what Tocqueville called the materialization of life; if that compromise means their abandonment of their original spiritual quest; and, if they are on the way to a radical alienation from politics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReferences to Tocqueville's Democracy in America\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Paths to Democracy in America: 1. Introduction: thinking about American democracy\u003cbr\u003e 2.  Democracy's experiment: from inequality to equality\u003cbr\u003e 3. Achieving a democratic civil society\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Beginnings and Democracy: 4. Beginnings and history: red and white in Tocqueville's America\u003cbr\u003e 5. The New England township before the revolution: Tocqueville's American pastoral\u003cbr\u003e 6. A second beginning: black and white in Tocqueville's America\u003cbr\u003e Part III. American Democracy On Trial: 7. Difference, race, and color in America\u003cbr\u003e 8. Maintaining American democracy\u003cbr\u003e 9. The state, authority, and the people\u003cbr\u003e 10. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Works cited\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e], History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006215115032,"sku":"9780521030243","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521030243i_46fcfc09-1413-4c0d-95fb-753850b54193.jpg?v=1694964909","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/america-after-tocqueville-democracy-against-difference-paperback-9780521030243","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}