- Mass Market Paperback: 943 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell; New edition edition (26 Nov 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0553214640
- ISBN-13: 978-0553214642
- Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 3.4 x 17.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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From America's call for a free press to its embrace of the capitalist system, Democracy in America--first published in 1835--enlightens, entertains, and endures as a brilliant study of our national government and character. Philosopher John Stuart Mill called it "among the most remarkable productions of our time." Woodrow Wilson wrote that de Tocqueville's ability to illuminate the actual workings of American democracy was "possibly without rival."
For today's readers, de Tocqueville's concern about the effect of majority rule on the rights of individuals remains deeply meaningful. His shrewd observations about the "almost royal prerogatives" of the president and the need for virtue in elected officials are particularly prophetic. His profound insights into the great rewards and responsibilities of democratic government are words every American needs to read, contemplate, and remember.
From America's call for a free press to its embrace of the capitalist system Democracy in America enlightens, entertains, and endures as a brilliant study of our national government and character. De Toqueville's concern about the effect of majority rule on the rights of individuals remains deeply meaningful. His insights into the great rewards and responsibilities of democratic government are words every American needs to read, contemplate, and remember.
For today's readers, de Tocqueville's concern about the effect of majority rule on the rights of individuals remains deeply meaningful. His shrewd observations about the "almost royal prerogatives" of the president and the need for virtue in elected officials are particularly prophetic. His profound insights into the great rewards and responsibilities of democratic government are words every American needs to read, contemplate, and remember.
From America's call for a free press to its embrace of the capitalist system Democracy in America enlightens, entertains, and endures as a brilliant study of our national government and character. De Toqueville's concern about the effect of majority rule on the rights of individuals remains deeply meaningful. His insights into the great rewards and responsibilities of democratic government are words every American needs to read, contemplate, and remember.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Taking an 'Introduction to US politics', I was surprised to see how much of de Tocqueville's(hence deToc) poignant observations in his masterpiece,'Democracy in America', are still valid today. It is unbelievable that this was written nearly one and a half century ago, which accurate analysis led my professor to say often during class, 'If deToc came back today...' I can't understand why many people around the world have love-or/and-hate feelings against the U.S. but do not understand the U.S. at all, and why so few seem to refer to deToc's 'Democracy in America.'Maybe, because this book is the vital key to understanding Uncle Sam's psyche that some wants it to be unknown as it is. Overall, a magnificient piece of analysis that would help anyone to understand the U.S. without taking all the pains of coming over like I did.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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The three star review is NOT for the text itself - Tocqueville writes insightfully and lucidly on a wide range of topics. If you are a casual reader looking to read Democracy in America, get this. It is cheap, and a good read which will help you look at politics in a new way. If you are getting this book for academic purposes however, do not buy this edition. It is an abridged version (I know it doesn't say this on the description or the cover, but look at the page count: 416, where the other editions come in at around 1000). Several passages, indeed several chapters, are missing, and the chapters are in the wrong order, so citing the book in essays is nightmarish. I found that I had to cross-reference it with a freely available but badly edited online version whenever I wanted to quote it.
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A brilliant analysis by the father of sociology of what permitted the success and blossom of the American civilization.
I am a French (and read this book in my own chauvinistic language), and we Europeans need badly much of what is described in this book
I am a French (and read this book in my own chauvinistic language), and we Europeans need badly much of what is described in this book
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