Tocqueville's Political Economy

Richard Swedberg

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English

Princeton University Pres
08 May 2018

Social & political philosophy; History of ideas; Sociology; Economics & Business; Political economy; Economic history

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) has long been recognized as a major political and social thinker as well as historian, but his writings also contain a wealth of little-known insights into economic life and its connection to the rest of society. In Tocqueville's Political Economy, Richard Swedberg shows that Tocqueville had a highly original and sug

By: Richard Swedberg
Imprint: Princeton University Pres
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 539g
ISBN: 9780691178011
ISBN 10: 0691178011
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 08 May 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 CHAPTER ONE: The Economy of the New World 6 CHAPTER TWO: The Other Democratic Economy 38 CHAPTER THREE: Tocqueville's Background in Economics 73 CHAPTER FOUR: Tocqueville's Approach to Economic Analysis 100 CHAPTER FIVE: Pauperism and the Habits of Property 126 CHAPTER SIX: Politics in a Democratic Economy 146 CHAPTER SEVEN: Foreign Affairs and Economic Affairs 173 CHAPTER EIGHT: Threats to the Democratic Economy 199 CHAPTER NINE: Sorrento and the Return to Thinking 219 CHAPTER TEN: The Economy of the Old World 238 EPILOGUE: Thinking with Tocqueville 272 Notes 285 Index 337

Richard Swedberg is professor of sociology at Cornell University. His books include Principles of Economic Sociology; Max Weber and the Idea of Economic Sociology; and Schumpeter: A Biography (all Princeton).

Reviews for Tocqueville's Political Economy

[T]he book is engaging and, along with its 50 pages of notes and source material, offers many insights into this important period in the history of economic thought. --J. Halteman, Choice Swedberg fills his book with intriguing information, observations, and syntheses, some of which range far beyond his stated topic. --Alan Sica, American Journal of Sociology