Abstract
The first volume of Tocqueville's Democracy in America derived much of its almost instant notoriety from its elaborate discussion of the complex American scheme of governmental institutions and administrative decentralization.' This discussion remains highly relevant for democratic theorists as can be seen by the fact that both the contemporary liberal argument for participatory democracy and the traditional conservative distrust of big government lead to some consideration of the decentralization of large modern nations. In fact this issue reveals a confusion in the contemporary debate between liberals and conservatives that Tocqueville's analysis could go far towards clarifying.
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