Exploring the Social and Political Economy of Alexis de Tocqueville
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Exploring the Social and Political Economy of Alexis de Tocqueville

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Alexis de Tocqueville's work touched upon an exceptionally broad range of social scientific disciplines, from economics to religion, and from education to international affairs. His work consistently appeals to scholars dismayed by existing disciplinary silos. Tocqueville is also well-regarded for diagnosing both the promise and perils of democratic life. Consideration of his ideas provokes serious consideration of and engagement with contemporary trends as citizens in democratic countries cope with challenges posed by new technological, cultural, and political changes. However, attention to Tocqueville is uneven across disciplines, with political theorists paying him the most heed and economists the least. This volume focuses on political economy, trying to bridge this divide.

This book collects essays by emerging scholars from a variety of disciplines—political science, economics, sociology, philosophy, and social thought—to examine Tocqueville's thoughts on political and social economy and its contemporary relevance. The book is divided into two halves. The first half engages with the main currents of research on Tocqueville's own thoughts regarding economic institutions, constitutionalism, liberalism, history, and education. The second half applies Tocqueville's insights to diverse contemporary topics including international relations, citizenship, mass incarceration, and pedagogy. This volume will be of interest to scholars and students interested in Tocqueville, the history of political thought, and a variety of current policy issues.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9783030349363
eBook ISBN
9783030349370
Topic
Economia
Subtopic
Storia economica

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. 1. Introduction
  4. 2. Tocqueville’s “New Political Science” as a Correction of The Federalist
  5. 3. “The Monetary Link”: Tocqueville on the Second Bank of the United States and Liberal Political Economy
  6. 4. Tocqueville on the Mixed Blessing of Liberal Learning: Higher Education as Subversive Antidote
  7. 5. Tocqueville’s Philosophy of History: Its Meaning and Implications for Russia and Central and Eastern Europe
  8. 6. A Tocquevillian Marketplace of Ideas? Spiritualism and Materialism in Tocqueville’s Liberalism
  9. 7. Democracy in the Age of Mass Incarceration
  10. 8. Tocquevillian Education for Self-Governance
  11. 9. Alexis de Tocqueville’s Citizenship: A Model of Collective Virtue
  12. 10. Open-Sourcing Civil Society
  13. 11. Collective Individualism and Revolution: Reading Tocqueville in Beijing
  14. 12. Deconstructing American Exceptionalism
  15. Back Matter

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