America Through Foreign Eyes

Classic Interpretations of American Political Life
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-19-541229-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press Canada

Buch, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 212 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brooks, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Methodenlehre
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 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)