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Democracy Under Pressure
Examine how political institutions, community ties, moral disagreements, and concentrated power shape democratic life.
Books in this collection
Democracy in America
Alexis de Tocqueville asks how equality reshapes political institutions, civic habits, culture, and private life—and why democracy can foster both liberty and dependence. This summary follows his argument from America’s colonial origins and local self-government through majority power, racial conflict, and centralization, offering a framework for understanding the conditions that sustain freedom.
Bowling Alone
Bowling Alone asks why Americans became less likely to join, trust, visit, volunteer, and act together after a period of civic growth. Putnam examines generations, media, work, mobility, and institutions as possible explanations, then shows what social capital makes possible and how inclusive community ties might be rebuilt.
