Democracy in America
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 influen...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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Indianapolis :
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc
2000.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009623532006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contents of the Unabridged Democracy in America; Democracy in America: An Introduction; Editor's Note; Translator's Note; Democracy in America; Volume One; Introduction; Part One; Chapter 2; The Reasons for Some Peculiariities; Chapter 3; That the Outstanding Feature of the Social State Is Democratic; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; The Municipal System in America; The Limits of the Township; Powers of the Township in New England; The Township as an Individual Entity; The Municipal Spirit in New England
- On the Political Effects of Administrative Decentralization in the United StatesChapter 6; Chapter 8; The Advantages of the Federal System; Part Two; Preface; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; The Remnants of the Aristocratic Party in the United States; Chapter 3; Chapter 5; Universal Suffrage; The Choices of the People and the Instincts of American Democracy in Its Choices; Causes That May Partially Correct These Instincts of Democracy; The Corruption and the Vices of the Governors in Democracy; Chapter 6; The General Tendency of the Laws; Public Spirit in the United States
- The Idea of Rights in the United StatesRespect for the Law in the United States; The Activity Prevailing in All the Parts of the Political Body; Chapter 7; How the Omnipotence of the Majority Increases; The Tyranny of the Majority; Effects of the Omnipotence of the Majority; The Power That the Majority in America Exercises over Thought; Effects of the Tyranny of the Majority; The Greatest Danger to the American Republics Comes from the Omnipotence of the Majority; Chapter 8; Absence of Administrative Centralization; The Spirit of the Legal Profession in the United States
- The Jury in the United States Considered as a Political InstitutionChapter 9; The Influence of the Laws; The Influence of Mores; Religion Considered as a Political Institution; The Indirect Influence That Religious Beliefs Exercise; The Principal Causes That Make Religion Powerful in America; The Laws Serve to Maintain a Democratic Republic; Chapter 10; The Present State and the Probably Future of the Indian Tribes; The Position Occupied by the Black Race in the United States; What Are the Chances of Surivial of the American Union?; On Republican Institutions in the United States
- Some Considerations Concerning the Causes of the Commercial Greatness of the United StatesVolume Two; Preface; Part One; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 8; Chapter 10; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 20; Part Two; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 15; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Part Three; Chapter 1; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 21; Part Four; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3
- Chapter 6
