Tocqueville examines the structures, institution and operation of democracy, and analyzes the lessons that Europe could learn from American successes and failures. It continues to be an influential text on both sides of the Atlantic, especially in the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe.

The Ancien Rgime and the Revolution is a comparison of revolutionary France and the despotic rule it toppled. Alexis de Tocqueville (180559) is an objective observer of both periods providing a merciless critique of the ancien rgime: with its venality: oppression and inequality: yet acknowledging the reforms introduced under Louis XVI: and claiming that the post-Revolution state was in many ways

Suitable for instructors who are eager to teach Tocqueville's classic study of American politics, society, and culture, this book presents Tocqueville's thinking on a wide variety of issues.

This new abridged translation of Democracy in America reflects the rich Tocqueville scholarship of the past forty years, and restores chapters central to Tocqueville's analysis absent from previous abridgments -- including his discussions of enlightened self-interest and the public's influence on ethical standards. Judicious notes and a thoughtful introduction offer aids to the understanding of a

Presents a critique of the ancien regime, with its venality, oppression and inequality, yet acknowledges the reforms introduced under Louis XVI, and claiming that the post-Revolution state was in many ways as tyrannical as that of the King. This book raises questions about liberty, nationalism and justice.

This new abridged translation of Democracy in America reflects the rich Tocqueville scholarship of the past forty years, and restores chapters central to Tocqueville's analysis absent from previous abridgments -- including his discussions of enlightened self-interest and the public's influence on ethical standards. Judicious notes and a thoughtful introduction offer aids to the understanding of a

A classic text presented in the Henry Reeve translation, accompanied by annotations and an introduction. It includes seven letters offering de Tocquville's impressions of his journey through the US. It includes nine contemporary reviews which trace the book's varied reception. It includes a bibliography.

A description of American political life, which describes American society and accounts for its nature and its conflicts in an historical analysis of the nation's origins among different parties of European settlers.