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- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN: 052151844X
- WAPI (Tower ID): 112938350
- Release Date: April 27, 2009
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #823359 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionMore Books by Jon Elster (Author)Run a Quick Search on "Alexis de Tocqueville: The First Social Scientist" by Jon Elster to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Alexis de Tocqueville: The First Social Scientist"Browse more products related to "Jon Elster"Publisher's noteThe book proposes a new interpretation of Alexis de Tocqueville that views him first and foremost as a social scientist rather than as a political theorist. Drawing on his earlier work on the explanation of social behavior, Elster argues that Tocqueville's main claim to our attention today rests on the large number of exportable causal mechanisms to be found in his work, many of which are still worthy of further exploration. Elster proposes a novel reading of Democracy in America in which the key explanatory variable is the rapid economic and political turnover rather than equality of wealth at any given point in time. He also offers a reading of The Ancien Regime and the Revolution as grounded in the psychological relations among the peasantry, the bourgeoisie, and the nobility. Consistently going beyond exegetical commentary, he argues that Tocqueville is eminently worth reading today for his substantive and methodological insights. If You Enjoy "Alexis de Tocqueville: The First Social Scientist (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:
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