Tocqueville, Democracy and Social Reform

Download or read book Tocqueville, Democracy and Social Reform written by M. Drolet and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-08-11 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.