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100	1		_aCarrese, Paul O. _946575
245	1	0	_aDemocracy in moderation : _bMontesquieu, Tocqueville, and sustainable liberalism / _cPaul Carrese.
250			_afirst edition
260			_a Cambridge, England : _bCambridge University Press, _c2016
300			_a230 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
505			_aContenidos : Preface (pages ix–xiv) Prologue: The Spirit of Moderation in Constitutional Democracy (pp. 1–16) Part I: Tocquevillean Moderation in Philosophy and Founding Montesquieu’s Philosophy of Moderation: Natural Right, Liberalism, Constitutionalism (pp. 22–49) Washington’s Harmony: The Balance of Traditions in the American Founding (pp. 50–77) Tocqueville’s Deepening of Modern Moderation (pp. 78–104) Part II: Moderation and Statesmanship, at Home and Abroad Religion and Liberty in America: The Moderate Spirit of Montesquieu and Tocqueville (pp. 109–142) Moderation, American Grand Strategy, and Washington’s Statesmanship (pp. 143–172) Constitutionalist Political Science: Storing’s Moderation and Our Polarization (pp. 173–198) Epilogue: Moderation and Sustainability (pp. 199–203) Bibliography (pp. 204–224) Index (pp. 225–230)
520			_aDemocracy in Moderation argues that political moderation is a foundational but often overlooked principle of constitutional liberal democracy. Paul O. Carrese examines how two major thinkers—Montesquieu and Alexis de Tocqueville—developed moderation as a practical and moral guide for sustaining free political systems. Carrese contends that modern liberal democracies face dangers from ideological extremism, polarization, and moral absolutism, which weaken institutions and civic trust. By revisiting Montesquieu’s theory of separation of powers and Tocqueville’s analysis of democracy in America, the book shows how moderation balances liberty and equality, freedom and order, religion and politics. Rather than promoting passivity or centrism, moderation is presented as an active constitutional virtue—one that requires prudence, restraint, and institutional design to channel democratic energies productively. The book ultimately proposes moderation as essential for the long-term sustainability of liberal democracy, especially in pluralistic societies.
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