Perspectives on Political Science, March 22nd, 2006
The year just past, 2005, marked the bicentennial of the birth of Alexis de Tocqueville. This French statesman's famous book, Democracy in America, has been justly described as both the best book ever written about America and the best book ever written about democracy. It is based, in large part, on Tocqueville's experiences during his 1831-32 journey through Jacksonian America, but it certainly cannot be described as a mere travelogue, or even a work of mere social science. Nor is it quite a treatise of political philosophy in the tradition of Aristotle, Locke, or Rousseau. There is no oth...
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