Democracy in America

In what remains after more than a century the greatest study of American political life, Tocqueville describes American society and accounts for it...

Democracy in America, published in 1835 and 1840, challenged conventional thinking about democracy when it first appeared and is still cited today ...

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Reducere. The complete edition based on the revised and corrected text of the 1961 French editionOriginally penned in the mid-eighteenth century by Frenchman...

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncAuthor(s): Alexis de TocquevilleTranslator: Stephen D. GrantNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2000Dimensio...

This collection of essays is an invaluable companion for scholars, students, and general readers who want to better understand Alexis de Tocquevill...

In the early 19th century, a French sociologist and political scientist undertook a seven-month journey throughout the newly formed United States. ...

Reducere. In an America where the rich and fortunate have free rein to do as they please, can the ideal of liberty and justice for all be anything but an emp...

Contributor(s): Author: Alexis de TocquevilleIntroduction by: Joseph EpsteinFrom America's call for a free press to its embrace of the capitalist s...

Reducere. With a government plagued by systemic ills and deep ideological divides, democracy, as we know it, is in jeopardy. Yet, ironically, voter apathy re...

Reducere. American democracy is at an impasse. After years of zero-sum partisan trench warfare, our political institutions are deteriorating. Our norms are c...

Reducere. DescriptionThe author's "central metaphor, the naked public square, refers to thepublic forum in American life, which is perceived as naked or empt...

Reducere. In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville and his friend Gustave de Beaumont visited the United States. From Tocqueville's copious notes of what he had seen a...

Let Adam Brandon, one of America's leading activists, explain the past, the present, and the future of American conservatism, and offer advice from...

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Latin America is currently caught in a middle-quality institutional trap, combining flawed democracies and low-to-medium capacity States. Yet, cont...

This comprehensive review of US drug-control policies toward Latin America and the Caribbean, assesses the impact of those policies on democracy an...

"An exploration of the factors behind neoliberalism's resilience in developing economies and what this could mean for democracy's future"--

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 13 Line drawings, black and white; 25 Tables, black and white; 13 Illustrations, black and whiteNum...

Reducere. The first English-language edition published in 1838 and translated by Henry Reeve, Esq. with Preface and notes by John C. Spencer. This landmark w...

Amidst the many lamentations about the problems of democracy, Joe Foweraker turns his attention to specific questions: Is democracy incompatible wi...

Today's global economy was largely established by political events and decisions in the 1980s and 90s, when scores of nations opened up their econo...

Publisher: Chicago Review PressAuthor(s): Randal Maurice JelksNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 161 x 237 x 22Cover type: Hardb...

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DescriptionThough few people have heard of A.D. Smith (1811-65), this nineteenth-century knight-errant left his mark on some of the key events of h...

Reducere. "Engaging . . . With a novelist's eye for biographical detail, Epps has written an . . . enthralling book."--David W. Blight, Chicago TribuneThe la...

Reducere. America's most popular progressive radio host Thom Hartmann reveals how the government and corporate America misuse our personal data and shows how...

Publisher: The Library of AmericaAuthor(s): Henry Louis GatesNumber of pages: 1000Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 132 x 209 x 37Cover type: Hardb...