Word: tocquevillian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...happening is "an isolated event...[for] each individual fact mirrors and illuminates the whole." Such a universalizing synecdoche may seem extreme at first, but actually outlines a method of social theorizing that could lead many volunteers to a clearer understanding of their service. As John Boesche explicates the Tocquevillian method of social analysis, society "resembles a delicately balanced mobile in which every aspect settles into its position as a result of the compromise and influence of every other...
...town manager who are all more directly involved in running the town. The town meeting has representatives(199 in all) from nine precincts, and we review the decisions of the other bodies, and we sign off on the town budget. Lexington government is almost a Social Studies 10 Tocquevillian notion of institutional levels and divisions to prevent tyranny of the majority...