In 1831, a young French aristocrat named Alexis de Tocqueville came to the United States officially to appraise the country's penal system but with a higher personal goal in mind. Looking to America's unique democratic system as a pos...
Over 175 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French nobleman and an astute political scientist, came to the United States to evaluate the meaning and actual functioning of democracy. His brilliant discussion of majority rule is ...