Decentralization Tocqueville

DECENTRALIZATION Our resea researc rcher hers s aim to prom promote ote Alex Alexis is de Tocquev ocquevill ille’s e’s theory theory o Decetralisatio i this thesis! "ormi# a lar#e part o$ the priciple o$ his %oo&' Demo Democr crac acy y in Amer Americ ica, a,  Tocqueville  Tocqueville expresses expresses the importace o$  (Adm (Admi iis istr trat ativ ive e Dece Decet tra rali li)a )ati tio o’’ that that prom promot otes es ear ear*i *id div ivid idual ualis isti tic c istitutios $ormed +ithi the %asis o$ a $ederalist cotext or costitutio ,Tocqueville' -./0 edit! 10023! Decetralisatio' $or Tocqueville ,10023 +as the %asis $or the ultimum sucessu o$ the democracy i America! "or him' it treats $ederally*lade istitutios as the most importat asset o$ the state as it has the po+er to $ocus more i a i*depth +ay o its o+ scope o$ a4airs! Cetral istitutios' $or him' are merely a ecessary equili%rium to promote the le#itimacy o$ the #overmet eve i$ it +as merely $or atioal security ad diplomatic cocers! 5y this setimet' it is clear that he %elieves that democracy i America +as ideed compati%le to the system ad that that particular democracy' %ouded %y local istitutios' cocered $or idividual cocers' +as a ideal type i$ oe +ishes to %e the same as democratic America! It is true' the' that civic +el$are ad the commo +ill is' ideed' the primal primal $actor $actor as to +hy such $eder $ederal al istit istituti utios os did exist exist ad eve eve persist i today’s time!  Tocqueville  Tocqueville ,10023 %elieved that it is u6ust ad u*committed to tras$er %asic huma privile#es to a hi#her collective tha to process it i a hour#lass maer! "or him' commitmet stems $rom security7 I$ the people &o+ that they are sa$e ad +ithi the presece o$ a very close authority or (#uardia’' they +ill %e more ope to societal cha#e as trust is %uilt up o the the $ou $ouda dati tio o o$ comm commit itme met t ad ad comp comprromis omise! e! This This &ey*$ ey*$ac acto torr is $ud $udam ame ettal +he he it comes omes to deal dealii# +ith ith cer certai tai etho tho#r #rap aphy hy! Eth Ethoc oce etr tris ism m o$ tri% tri%es es most most o$te o$te  dist distru rust st the the stat state' e' yet' yet' +ith +ith secu securre deali#s ad le#it*ever*latet %ee8ts' this distrust ca %e averted i the  6ust' ri#ht$ul' ad pu%licly accepta%le accepta%le maer! maer!  Tocqueville  Tocqueville ,10023 aimed to prove the e4ectiveess o$ the America 9overmet! 5ased o his 6usti8catios' he success$ully opeed the doors o$  li%eralist li%eralist setimet setimet particular particularly ly that o$ decetral decetralisati isatio! o! :erha :erhaps' ps' closure closure'' security' ad trust is +hat lac&s $rom the mid sets o$ the may ethic tri%es o$ today today!! The resea researc rches hes o$ this this thesis thesis'' %asi# %asi# $rom $rom Tocquev ocquevill ille’s e’s %asic %asic perceptio o$ decetralisatio ad the correspodi# %ee8ts' +ill see i$' ideed' the #overmet o$ the :hilippies is i le#itimate terms +ith the atives i $ollo+i# a decetralist or semi*decetralist system! I usi# this theory as $udametal %asis o$ the research' +e +ill see i$ the #overmet is

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