Its title translates as on democracy in america, but english translations are. Estado, capitalismo y democracia en america latina. Tocqueville foi buscar nos estados unidos nao um modelo, mas um principio a ser estudado e uma questao a ser ilustrada e resolvida. It remains the most often quoted book about the united states, not only because. What struck him most was the countrys equality of conditions, its democracy. Tornouse celebre por suas analises da revolucao francesa, cuja pertinencia foi destacada por francois furet, da democracia americana e da evolucao. He was best known for his works democracy in america and the old regime and the revolution. Tocqueville believed that equality was the great political and social idea of his era, and he thought that the united states offered the most advanced example of equality in action. He was a student of the consequences of the french revolution and had a very disdainful view of power for a diplomat in particular the elites ability to eventually exploit the loopholes and take power back. Nov 21, 2009 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. In the book, tocqueville examines the democratic revolution that he believed had been occurring over the previous several hundred. Publication date 2015 topics ensayo, politica, democracia collection folkscanomy. Democracy in america epub adobe drm can be read on any device that can open epub adobe drm files. Democracy in america 1835 was one of the most influential books of the 19th century.
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