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Publication Date: 1988
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Tocqueville and the Dangers of Democracy.
Schambra, William A.
Humanities, v9 n2 p12-15 Mar-Apr 1988
Discusses Alexis de Tocqueville's belief that modern democracy and democratic social values have the ability to become totalitarian in form. Elaborates by explaining how Tocqueville believed the United States has managed to blunt democracy's potential for totalitarianism. (BSR)
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Democracy, Democratic Values, Higher Education, Historiography, History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Historical Materials
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Language: English
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