Alexis de Tocqueville Flashcards
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Tocqueville
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believed civil society is counterweight to the state
active associationalism empowers people against the state
societies need to be self-organizing to withstand state power, tame the state and get it to serve their interets
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Locke vs. Tocqueville Differences
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Differences:
Locke equates government with people
Tocqueville says people restrain government
Locke sees civil society as cultural, Tocqueville sees structure
Locke fouces on civility, Tocqueville power
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