TY - JOUR
T1 - Alexis De Tocqueville, the modern democratic nation-state, and its competitors
AU - Morgan, Glyn
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This paper draws on Tocqueville’s Democracy in America to distinguish three different types of modern democracy-(i) the democratic nation-state, (ii) the post sovereign, multinational democracy, and (iii) the populist national democracy. The paper argues that all three have characteristic deficits-respectively, a security deficit, a democratic deficit, and a liberal deficit. The paper discusses the likely impact of Brexit and Trump on these forms of democracy in modern Europe. The paper concludes that while Trump-and more especially, “Trumpism”-poses a challenge to the European Union, Brexit presents an opportunity to demonstrate to its own citizens the benefits of this type of polity.
AB - This paper draws on Tocqueville’s Democracy in America to distinguish three different types of modern democracy-(i) the democratic nation-state, (ii) the post sovereign, multinational democracy, and (iii) the populist national democracy. The paper argues that all three have characteristic deficits-respectively, a security deficit, a democratic deficit, and a liberal deficit. The paper discusses the likely impact of Brexit and Trump on these forms of democracy in modern Europe. The paper concludes that while Trump-and more especially, “Trumpism”-poses a challenge to the European Union, Brexit presents an opportunity to demonstrate to its own citizens the benefits of this type of polity.
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U2 - 10.3138/ttr.39.1.11
DO - 10.3138/ttr.39.1.11
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85048021892
SN - 0730-479X
VL - 39
SP - 11
EP - 24
JO - The Tocqueville Review/La Revue Tocqueville
JF - The Tocqueville Review/La Revue Tocqueville
IS - 1
ER -