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Envoyé aux Etats-Unis en 1831 pour y étudier le système pénitentiaire, Alexis de Tocqueville ne s’y est pas intéressé exclusivement aux prisons. A son retour il rédige De la Démocratie en Amérique dont il publie un 1er tome en 1835, puis un second en 1840. Ce qui est proposé ici en est la 1ère partie. Tocqueville y décrit les institutions américaines qu’il met en relation avec les particularités géographiques et sociales du pays. Il juge nécessaire de présenter les « Etats particuliers » avant d’aborder le gouvernement fédéral, et s’attarde sur les institutions communales de la Nouvelle Angleterre (préparant ainsi certaines réflexions de sa 2ème partie). Cette édition présente en fin de volume le texte de la constitution des Etats-Unis et de celle de l’Etat de New-York.

From America's call for a free press to its embrace of the capitalist system, Democracy in America--first published in 1835--enlightens, entertains, and endures as a brilliant study of our national government and character. Philosopher John Stuart Mill called it "among the most remarkable productions of our time." Woodrow Wilson wrote that de Tocqueville's ability to illuminate the actual workings of American democracy was "possibly without rival." For today's readers, de Tocqueville's concern about the effect of majority rule on the rights of individuals remains deeply meaningful. His shrewd observations about the "almost royal prerogatives" of the president and the need for virtue in elected officials are particularly prophetic. His profound insights into the great rewards and responsibilities of democratic government are words every American needs to read, contemplate, and remember. From America's call for a free press to its embrace of the capitalist system Democracy in America enlightens, entertains, and endures as a brilliant study of our national government and character. De Toqueville's concern about the effect of majority rule on the rights of individuals remains deeply meaningful. His insights into the great rewards and responsibilities of democratic government are words every American needs to read, contemplate, and remember.

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