The American Democracy, 10th Edition (Patterson)

Chapter 1: Political Thinking: Becoming a responsible Citizen

Web Links


The Alexis de Tocqueville Tour: Exploring Democracy in America
This website documents C-SPAN’s 9-month documentary retracing Tocqueville’s journey.
( http://www.tocqueville.org/ )
Democracy in the 21st Century: Teaching with Tocqueville
C-SPAN’s teaching module based on the C-SPAN Tocqueville journey.
( http://www.c-span.org/classroom/tocqueville/index.asp )
C-SPAN Booknotes Books
C-SPAN list of books, all of which quote or mention Alexis de Tocqueville.
( http://www.tocqueville.org/book.htm )
Navigating the Crossroads Website
“…a comprehensive and integrated platform for pedagogical, scholarly, and institutional information for the international American Studies Community.”
( http://crossroads.georgetown.edu )
Individual Rights and Majoritarianism: The Supreme Court in Transition
Article from the Policy Analysis journal written by Geoffrey R. Stone, Harry Kalven, Jr. Professor of Law at the University of Chicago.
( http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa051es.html )
Excerpts from The Power Elite, by C. Wright Mills
An article review by Rachael Thomas.
( http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Book_Excerpts/PowerElite.html )
The Congressional Institute
A site that provides up-to-date survey data on the American political culture.
( http://www.conginst.org )
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress website; it provides access to over seventy million historical and contemporary U.S. documents.
( http://www.loc.gov/ )
Stateline
A University of Richmond/Pew Charitable Trusts site dedicated to providing citizens with information on major policy issues.
( http://www.stateline.org )
Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, volumes 1 and 2, at Project Gutenberg.
Offers the full text of both volumes of Tocqueville’s influential report in a variety of formats.
Volume One:
( http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/815 )
Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, volumes 1 and 2, at Project Gutenberg.
Volume Two
( http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/816 )
Politics1—Online Guide to Hot Issues & Debates
Bills itself as “the most comprehensive online guide to American politics.”
( http://www.politics1.com/issues.htm )
Politics1—Online Guide to Hot Issues & Debates
Another usable blog compilation is the Minneapolis Star-Tribune’s “Hot Dish Politics.”
( http://www.startribune.com/politics/blogs/Hot_Dish_Politics.html )
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