POLI 211 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Alexis De Tocqueville, Comparative Politics, Ideal Type

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 211
• Professor: Fillippo Sabetti

Document Summary

First three readings, we mostly went over these in class: Its system of semi-autonomous self-government helped languedoc to grow and flourish. This was fairly unique in the old regime and indeed after the revolution as well. How are they similar to other cases that we have studied (the city-states, townships etc. Tocqueville is much more concerned generally though, with the centralization of the administration please review this in light of the rahe reading as well. Although tocqueville does not agree that centralization is better, he does believe that americans have a unique conception of governance, as already mentioned. According to rahe, why did tocqueville focus on townships and administration in. Tocqueville, in the chapter of democracy in america that we read, begins to discuss how. Rahe goes deeper into this saying that tocqueville believes that there are some unfortunate consequences of democratic societies. One of these is the desire for equality, something the french hold dear.