DemocracyinAmerica

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS , CHICAGO 60637 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS , LTD ., LONDON © 2000 BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ALL RIGHTS RESERVED . PUBLISHED 2000 PAPERBACK EDITION 2002 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 11 12 13 14 ISBN: 0–226-80532–8 (CLOTH ) ISBN: 0–226-80536–0 (PAPER ) ISBN: 978–0–226–92456–4 (E-BOOK ) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING -IN -PUBLICATION DATA TOCQUEVILLE , ALEXIS DE , 1805–1859. [DE LA DÉMOCRATIE EN AMÉRIQUE . ENGLISH ] DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA / TRANSLATED, EDITED, AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HARVEY C. MANSFIELD AND DELBA WINTHROP . P. CM . INCLUDES BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES AND INDEX. ISBN 0-226-80532-8 (HARDCOVER ) 1. UNITED STATES —POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT . 2. UNITED STATES —SOCIAL CONDITIONS . 3. DEMOCRACY —UNITED STATES . I. MANSFIELD , HARVEY CLAFLIN , 1932– II. WINTHROP , DELBA . III. TITLE . JK216 .T713 2000B 320.473—DC 21 00-008418 THE PAPER USED IN THIS PUBLICATION MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD FOR INFORMATION SCIENCES —PERMANENCE OF PAPER FOR PRINTED LIBRARY MATERIALS , ANSI Z39.48–1992. Democracy ......