Educating democracy Alexis de Tocqueville and leadership in America / Brian Danoff.

Author/creator Danoff, Brian
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAlbany : SUNY Press,
Descriptionix, 218 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859--Influence.
Citizenship--Study and teaching. --United States.
Democracy--Study and teaching. --United States.
Civics--Study and teaching. --United States.
Education--Aims and objectives. --United States.
Political leadership--United States. --History.

Contents Tocqueville on leadership and the education of democracy -- The antifederalists and Tocqueville on democratic leadership and democratic authority -- Lincoln and Tocqueville on democratic leadership and self-interest properly understood -- Wilson and Tocqueville on leadership and the "character foundations of American democracy" -- The vocation of the democratic moralist : Putnam, Tocqueville, and the education of democracy today.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009012996
ISBN9781438429618 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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