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Tocqueville, Democracy and Social Reform

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Authors:
  1. Michael Drolet

    1. Department of History Royal Holloway, University of London, Royal Holloway, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Michael Drolet
      Pages 1-15

  4. Democracy and Social Reform

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. Tocqueville and Beaumont on Prison Reform

      • Michael Drolet
      Pages 115-134

    3. The Investigations into the Causes of Poverty and the Ways to Remedy it

      • Michael Drolet
      Pages 135-160

    4. The Investigations into Abandoned Children

      • Michael Drolet
      Pages 161-173

  6. Conclusion

    1. Conclusion

      • Michael Drolet
      Pages 231-237

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 238-310
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About this book

Alexis de Tocqueville is best known as the author of Democracy in America and The Ancien Régime and the Revolution . Yet among his contemporaries he was also esteemed for his brilliant investigations on social issues such as prison reform, pauperism and the plight of abandoned children. This study explores the intellectual and social context of these neglected yet startlingly innovative writings and it reveals how they proved central to the composition of those works for which Tocqueville is best known.

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'Drolet has provided an admirably focused account of Tocqueville's central dilemma.' - Ceri Crossley, Modern & Contemporary France

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of History Royal Holloway, University of London, Royal Holloway, UK

    Michael Drolet

About the author

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

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tocqueville, Democracy and Social Reform

  • Authors: Michael Drolet

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230509641

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-1567-2Published: 12 August 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-51235-5Published: 01 January 2003

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-50964-1Published: 11 August 2003

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 310

  • Topics: Social History, Cultural History, European Union Politics, Economic History, Democracy

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