How Tocqueville-s ideas can help us build resilient liberal democracies in a divided world
How can today-s liberal democracies withstand the illiberal wave sweeping the globe? What can revive our waning faith in constitutional democracy? Tocqueville-s Dilemmas, and Ours argues that Alexis de Tocqueville, one of democracy-s greatest champions and most incisive critics, can guide us forward.
Drawing on Tocqueville-s major works and lesser-known policy writings, Ewa Atanassow shines a bright light on the foundations of liberal democracy. She argues that its prospects depend on how we tackle three dilemmas that were as urgent in Tocqueville-s day as they are in ours: how to institutionalize popular sovereignty, how to define nationhood, and how to grasp the possibility and limits of global governance. These are pivotal but often neglected dimensions of Tocqueville-s work, and this fresh look at his writings provides a powerful framework for addressing the ten
