JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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A system of checks and balances
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Separation of powers of government
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Limiting the powers of government
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The social contract between the government and the people
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Detailed explanation-1: -A social contract is an implicit agreement between the people and their government about what each side provides to the other. The terms of the agreement can vary widely.
Detailed explanation-2: -By definition, “social contract” is an “implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection.” In these desperate times, this is nonnegotiable.
Detailed explanation-3: -Montesquieu did not describe a social contract as such. But he said that the state of war among individuals and nations led to human laws and government. Montesquieu wrote that the main purpose of government is to maintain law and order, political liberty, and the property of the individual.
Detailed explanation-4: -In that work, Aristotle makes a similar distinction between democracy, aristocracy, and monarchy, depending on whether government is by the many, the few, or by a single person. Aristotle also concedes that different forms of government suit different people, but tends to favor aristocracy.