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  Democracy in America (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) (Paperback) By (author) Alexis de Tocqueville, Abridged by Patrick Renshaw, Introduction by Patrick Renshaw, Series edited by Tom Griffith

  

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  Short Description for Democracy in AmericaTocqueville examines the structures, institution and operation of democracy, and analyzes the lessons that Europe could learn from American successes and failures. It continues to be an influential text on both sides of the Atlantic, especially in the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe.
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  • Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
  • Published: 01 December 1999
  • Format: Paperback 416 pages
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  • Categories: Literary Essays | Contemporary Fiction | Classics | Politics & Government | Political Structures: Democracy
  • ISBN 13: 9781853264801 ISBN 10: 1853264806
  • Sales rank: 33,476

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• Democracy in America is a classic of political philosophy. Hailed by John Stuart Mill and Horace Greely as the finest book ever written on the nature of democracy, it continues to be an influential text on both sides of the Atlantic, above all in the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe. De Tocqueville examines the structures, institutions and operation of democracy, and shows how Europe can learn from American success and failures. His central theme is the advancement of the rule of the people, but he also predicts that slavery will bring about the 'most horrible of civil wars', foresees that the USA and Russia will be the Superpowers of the twentieth century, and is 150 years ahead of his time in his views on the position and importance of women.