| Educating Democracy: Alexis de Tocqueville and Leadership in America Contributor(s): Danoff, Brian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1438429622 ISBN-13: 9781438429625 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 320.973 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 228 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Do strong leaders inevitably undermine democracies? Drawing upon the insights of Alexis de Tocqueville, Brian Danoff offers a compelling, revisionist analysis of the role of leadership in democratic societies. Rather than focusing on effectiveness or character to assess the quality of leaders in democracies, Tocqueville suggests that great democratic leaders are those who educate, elevate, and empower their fellow citizens; certain types of leadership enhance rather than diminish self-rule. Danoff then enriches and expands Tocqueville's perspective through the ideas of American theorists and statesmen such as Woodrow Wilson, Abraham Lincoln, and the Antifederalists. Timely and necessary, this book sheds new light on both Tocqueville and on the role of leadership in American democracy. |