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Tocqueville's political economy / Richard Swedberg

Author
Swedberg, Richard
Published
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2009]
Copyright Date
©2009
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 342 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
The economy of the New World -- The other democratic economy -- Tocqueville's background in economics -- Tocqueville's approach to economic analysis -- Pauperism and the habits of property -- Politics in a democratic economy -- Foreign affairs and economic affairs -- Threats to the democratic economy -- Sorrento and the return to thinking -- The economy of the Old World -- Epilogue: Thinking with Tocqueville.
Summary
"In Tocqueville's Political Economy, Richard Swedburg shows that Alexis de Tocqueville had a highly original and suggestive approach to economics - one that still has much to teach us today." "Through careful readings of Tocqueville's two major books and many of his other writings, Swedburg lays bare Tocqueville's ingenious way of thinking about major economic phenomena. When examined together, Swedburg argues, these books and other writings constitute an interesting alternative model of economic thinking, as well as a major contribution to political economy that deserves a place in contemporary discussions about the social effects of economics"--Jacket
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ISBN
9781400830084 (electronic bk.)
1400830087 (electronic bk.)
9780691132990
0691132992
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text file
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-336) and index.
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