Democracy in America

Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, Count of Tocqueville (1805—1859) — French political figure, writer, philosopher, sociologist. One of the founders of sociology and political science in France.

«Democracy in America» - a historical and political treatise by A. de Tocqueville, written after his trip to the USA and Canada in 1831. It is considered a classical exposition of the ideology of liberal democracy and the first deep analysis of American political life.