The chapters in this volume address the issue of why and how foreign observers view American politics the way they do. By including selections from five of the most widely cited foreign observers of American politics and history, this volume not only provides and engaging historical overview of American democracy, but also directs attention to how and why these interpretations inform debate today. Included in the volume are excerpts from classic texts by Alexis de Tocqueville, James Bryce, Gunnar Myrdal, Harold Laski, and Simone de Beauvoir.
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The chapters in this volume address the issue of why and how foreign observers view American politics the way they do.
Preface ; 1. America Through Foreign Eyes ; 2. The Future Unfolding in America: Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (1835, 1840) ; 3. The Careful Empiricist: James Bryce, The American Commonwealth (1888) ; 4. Understanding America's Greatest Failure: Gunnar Myrdal An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and American Democracy (1994) ; 5. The Europeanization of America? Harold J. Laski, The American Democracy (1948) ; 6. The Ambivalent Sojourner: Simone de Beauvoir, America Day by Day (1948)
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ISBN
9780195412291
Publisert
2002
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press, Canada
Vekt
188 gr
Høyde
203 mm
Bredde
134 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
176

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