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- catalog abstract "More than a hundred fifty years ago Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America suggested that the development of America's fledgling democratic institutions might influence the development of democracy in Europe as well. Events proved de Tocqueville right. Now, in American Democracy: Aspects of Practical Liberalism, German-born political philosopher Gottfried Dietze offers a new European look at American politics that may once again - for good or ill - be a forecast of Europe's future as well. With a mixture of wonder and alarm, Dietze examines the tendency toward what he calls "pure liberalism, or the unrestricted quest for ever more freedom" on the part of individuals as well as elected officials. In the three sections - American society, American habits, and American constitutionalism - he shows that America's political focus has turned to new variations of liberalism which demonstrate the enormous breadth of free government. In conclusion Dietze raises the question of whether, in its growing toleration of ever greater liberty, American democracy might not contain the seeds of its own decline.".
- catalog alternative "Amerikanische Demokratie. English".
- catalog contributor b4111822.
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government.".
- catalog coverage "United States Social conditions.".
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-280) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: America's Liberal Democracy -- I. America. 1. The New, Freedom, Faithfulness. 2. Heterogeneity and the Melting Pot. 3. Freedom and Manifest Destiny. 4. Unlimited Opportunities, Free Government, Liberal Variations. 5. The Business of America Is Business. 6. Coming and Going, Pursuit of Happiness, Changing -- II. American People. 7. Emigrating, Immigrating. 8. Moving, Roving. 9. Demonstrating, Agitating -- III. American Democracy. 10. The Constitution Newly Constituted. 11. The Constitution in Old Dress. 12. Jefferson and Pure Liberalism. 13. From Elitist to Egalitarian Democracy. 14. From Representative to Direct Democracy. 15. From Limited to Unlimited Democracy. 16. Potpourri in the Melting Pot -- Final Remarks: American Dreams and Worries -- Postscript: Liberalism, Modernism, Americanism.".
- catalog description "More than a hundred fifty years ago Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America suggested that the development of America's fledgling democratic institutions might influence the development of democracy in Europe as well. Events proved de Tocqueville right. Now, in American Democracy: Aspects of Practical Liberalism, German-born political philosopher Gottfried Dietze offers a new European look at American politics that may once again - for good or ill - be a forecast of Europe's future as well.".
- catalog description "With a mixture of wonder and alarm, Dietze examines the tendency toward what he calls "pure liberalism, or the unrestricted quest for ever more freedom" on the part of individuals as well as elected officials. In the three sections - American society, American habits, and American constitutionalism - he shows that America's political focus has turned to new variations of liberalism which demonstrate the enormous breadth of free government. In conclusion Dietze raises the question of whether, in its growing toleration of ever greater liberty, American democracy might not contain the seeds of its own decline.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 290 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "American democracy.".
- catalog identifier "0801845076 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "American democracy.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng ger".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "American democracy.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social conditions.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "320.5/1/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Democracy.".
- catalog subject "JC599.U5 D5313 1993".
- catalog subject "Liberalism United States.".
- catalog subject "Liberty.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: America's Liberal Democracy -- I. America. 1. The New, Freedom, Faithfulness. 2. Heterogeneity and the Melting Pot. 3. Freedom and Manifest Destiny. 4. Unlimited Opportunities, Free Government, Liberal Variations. 5. The Business of America Is Business. 6. Coming and Going, Pursuit of Happiness, Changing -- II. American People. 7. Emigrating, Immigrating. 8. Moving, Roving. 9. Demonstrating, Agitating -- III. American Democracy. 10. The Constitution Newly Constituted. 11. The Constitution in Old Dress. 12. Jefferson and Pure Liberalism. 13. From Elitist to Egalitarian Democracy. 14. From Representative to Direct Democracy. 15. From Limited to Unlimited Democracy. 16. Potpourri in the Melting Pot -- Final Remarks: American Dreams and Worries -- Postscript: Liberalism, Modernism, Americanism.".
- catalog title "American democracy : aspects of practical liberalism / Gottfried Dietze.".
- catalog title "Amerikanische Demokratie. English".
- catalog type "text".