American Institutions and Their InfluenceA.S. Barnes & Company, 1851 - 460 sider In the book, Tocqueville examines the democratic revolution in the United States. It also contains an analysis of why republican representative democracy has succeeded in the United States while failing in so many other places. |
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American Institutions and Their Influence Alexis de Tocqueville,Alexis De Tocqueville Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
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