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UNINA9910810223703321 |
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Autore |
Danoff Brian |
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Titolo |
Educating democracy [[electronic resource] ] : Alexis de Tocqueville and leadership in America / / Brian Danoff |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-4384-2963-0 |
1-4416-3543-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (231 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Citizenship - Study and teaching - United States |
Civics - Study and teaching - United States |
Democracy - Study and teaching - United States |
Education - Aims and objectives - United States |
Political leadership - United States - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Revisionist analysis of the role of strong leadership in democracies, drawing primarily upon the work of Alexis de Tocqueville. |
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