Tocqueville, Democracy and Social Reform

MICHAEL DROLET lectures in the History of Political Thought at the Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London.

List of Abbreviations Introduction PART I: SOCIETY, ECONOMY AND DEMOCRACY The American Journey and Tocqueville's Intellectual Awakening Embracing Liberal Political Economy and then Rejecting it: Tocqueville's Reading of Say and Malthus Equality, Liberty and the Problem of Self-interest: Democracy in America (1835) Legitimism and Political Economy: The Influence of Villeneuve-Bargemont PART II: DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL REFORM Tocqueville and Beaumont on Prison Reform The Investigations into the Causes of Poverty and the Ways to Remedy it The Investiagions into Abandoned Children PART III: DEMOCRACY AND REVOLUTION Democracy and the Threats to Liberty: Democracy in America (1840) Administrative Centralisation and the Threats to Liberty: The Composition of The Ancien Régime and the Revolution Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index