Tocqueville, Democracy and Social Reform
Description
Alexis de Tocqueville is best known as the author of Democracy in America and The Ancien Régime and the Revolution . Yet among his contemporaries he was also esteemed for his brilliant investigations on social issues such as prison reform, pauperism and the plight of abandoned children. This study explores the intellectual and social context of these neglected yet startlingly innovative writings and it reveals how they proved central to the composition of those works for which Tocqueville is best known.
Keywords
HistorySocial HistoryPolitical ScienceWorldEuropeanBusiness & EconomicsEconomic HistoryPolitical IdeologiesDemocracy
2003Book
Author(s)Michael Drolet
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781403915672
LanguageEnglish
