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An 8 page paper which discusses the French political philosopher’s observation that politics is not separate from other areas of life, but entwined in nearly every detail of culture and habit. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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upon his visits to North America during the early years of United States, de Tocqueville was struck by the uniqueness of the American approach to democracy. Everything, he discovered,
was somehow rooted in politics. It was the thread that was interwoven throughout a diverse tapestry of races, cultures, and social conventions. Tocquevilles most important claim is, in
effect, that politics is not separate from other areas of life, but is entwined in almost every detail of culture and habit. In America, politics dictates not only elections,
but also influences public opinion from its long arm of the media, shapes value systems, restructures family life (and perceptions of what a family should be) and the workplace, alters
gender roles, and has even entered the realm of public education. Much of the American political, social, and cultural landscape have been profoundly affected by masterful politicians that have redirected
government policy and changed the way people live. For example, Abraham Lincoln, the architect of the Republican Party, was responsible for liberating the African-American slave, but was also the
guiding force behind transforming an agrarian culture "into an engine of large-scale commercial and industrial capitalism between the 1850s or so and the 1920s" (Zaretsky, 2004, p. 39). Thanks
to Lincolns brand of politics, America was well on its way to achieving superpower status, becoming "an industrial, urban, and global nation," and as the average American factory workers prospered,
the Republicans reigned supreme (Zaretsky, 2004, p. 39). When The Great Depression severely restricted Americas collective buying power, the majority of citizens were either unemployed or had their finances
depleted. Politics once again took the lead and a grateful America followed obediently. Franklin Roosevelts liberal "New Deal" followed Lincolns path and further transformed the United States "into
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