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Tocqueville on the American VoterReviewing Tocqueville's thoughts on the American voter.- Circumstances, Laws, and Mores in Alexis De Tocqueville's "Democracy in America"An explication the three primary causes, in relation to religion, that maintain a democratic republic and allow it to "subsist in" the United States, according to Volume One, Part Two, Ch. 9 of "Democracy in America."
- If America Ever Ceases to Be Good..What made America great, and how can we return to our former state? The answer might surprise you.
- Beyond Tocqueville, Myrdal and HartzRogers Smith's essay Beyond Tocqueville, Myrdal and Hartz addresses multiple political traditions in American history. This article is taken alongside discussions of the polis and marketplace to examine equality in the American political system.
- Tocqueville and Mill on the Tyranny of the MajorityThe possibility of a tyrannical majority is indeed a great challenge to democracy, and two 19th century thinkers tried to think of solutions to remedy it.
- Alexis De Tocqueville on Liberty: Synthesizing Faith and ReasonThis paper analyzes the role of Providence, or God/fate, in Tocqueville's Democracy in America. It focuses on the scope of free will in modern democratic societies.
- Tocqueville and IbsenA unique and fascinating comparison of Tocqueville's political philosophy encompassed in his Democracy in America and Henrik Ibsen's play An Enemy of the People.
- Famous Philosophers' Thoughts on American WomenAlexis de Tocqueville, Allan Bloom and John Locke are three of the most influential thinkers on American politics and philosophy, and their ideas were quite progressive for the time.
- Analyzing Tocqueville's Democracy's Influence on the FamilyThe sum of Tocqueville's view of democracy's effect on the family is stated in his finally sentence in the chapter "Democracy loosens social ties, but tightens natural ones; it brings kindred more closely together, while it throws citizens more apart."
- Beyond Tocqueville, Myrdal, and Hartz: The Multiple Traditions in AmericaLearn how modern political ideologies developed from the acceptance and rejection of points made by Tocqueville, Myrdal and Hartz.
- The Future of Our Republic: Alexis De Tocqueville's Democracy in AmericaReviewing the observations of Alexis de Tocqueville pertaining to American democracy.
- Democracy and Greatness in Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in AmericaAlexis de Tocqueville visited America and wrote his book based on the then fledgling democracy. This essay analyzes the balance, or lack there of, of greatness and democracy.
- De tocqueville in the 21st CenturyHow would DeToqueville react if he were set loose in today's America- a comparison between his 19th century views and what he might conclude today
- Review of Democracy in America by Alexis De TocquevilleA brief book review of Alexis de Tocqueville's book, Democracy in America.
- The Modern DeTocquevilleThere has been a connection between goodness and greatness. Will America try to break it?
- Critiquing Received Information from Others:A guide to evaluating the information provided to the individual from the Government, organizations or other individuals.
- The American Messiah Giveth and Taketh AwayHow the Obama Administration, in a slight of hand that would make Harry Houdini proud, has given America supposed financial relief through the Economic Stimulus Package while taking away, through the same, many of the fundamental rights Americans enjoy.
- Supreme Court's View on Women, Family and Politics Through Abortion CasesAn analysis on the Court's view on the changing roles of women and the family in the modern era.
- Five Books Everyone Should ReadThe five books I think everyone should read cover a broad spectrum, from fiction to history to religion.