Tocqueville and the Two Democracies

Jean-Claude Lamberti

Translated by Arthur Goldhammer

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$90.50 • £72.95 • €81.50

ISBN 9780674894358

Publication Date: 02/20/1989

Short

323 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

World

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POLITICAL SCIENCE: General

Foreword by François Bourricaud
Introduction
I. Freedom and Equality
- 1. Aristocracy and Democracy
- 2. Liberty and Equality
II. Democracy in America and in France
- 3. The Primacy of Law
- 4. Democratic Government
- 5. Political Interlude: From America to Parliament
III. Democracy and Revolution
- 6. Enlightenment or Barbarism
- 7. Prosperity or Misery
- 8. Democratic or Revolution
- 9. Servitude or Freedom
Conclusion: The Ambivalence of Democracy
Selected Bibliography
Notes
Index

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