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Democracy in America: Historical-Critical Edition, vol. 2

A new 4 volume edition of Tocqueville’s classic text De la Démocratie en Amérique. The original was published in two large volumes, the first in 1835, the second in 1840. The first volume focused primarily on political society; the second, on civil society. The online version of Liberty Fund’s edition contains only the English translation of the French critical edition. Vol. 2 contains Part II.

Democracy in America: Historical-Critical Edition of De la démocratie en Amérique, ed. Eduardo Nolla, translated from the French by James T. Schleifer. A Bilingual French-English editions, (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2010). Vol. 2.

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This bilingual edition of Tocqueville’s work contains a new English translation of the French critical edition published in 1990. The copyright to the French version is held by J. Vrin and it is not available online. The copyright to the English translation, the translator’s note, and index is held by Liberty Fund.

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Contents
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA (1835), volume II
PART II
CHAPTER 1: How It Can Be Strictly Said That in the United States It Is the People Who Govern
CHAPTER 2: Of Parties in the United States
Of the Remnants of the Aristocratic Party in the United States
CHAPTER 3: Of Freedom of the Press in the United States
That the Opinions Established under the Dominion of Freedom of the Press in the United States Are Often More Tenacious Than Those That Are Found Elsewhere under the Dominion of Censorship.n
CHAPTER 4: Of Political Association in the United States
Different Ways in Which the Right of Association Is Understood in Europe and in the United States, and the Different Use That Is Made of That Right
CHAPTER 5: Of the Government of Democracy in America
Of Universal Suffrage
Of the Choices of the People and of the Instincts of American Democracy in Its Choices
Of the Causes That Can Partially Correct These Democratic Instincts
Influence That American Democracy Has Exercised on Electoral Lawsm
Of Public Officials under the Dominion of American Democracy
Of the Arbitrariness of Magistrates2 under the Dominion of American Democracyx
Administrative Instability in the United States
Of Public Expenses under the Dominion of American Democracy
Of the Instincts of American Democracy in Determining the Salaries of Officials
Difficulty of Discerning the Causes That Lead the American Government to Economyx
[Influence of the Government of Democracy on the Tax Base {and on the Use of the Tax Revenues}]a
[Influence of Democratic Government on the Use of Tax Revenues]
Can the Public Expenditures of the United States Be Compared with Those of Francej
Of the Corruption and Vices of Those Who Govern in Democracy; Of the Effects on Public Morality That Result from That Corruption and Those Vices
Of What Efforts Democracy Is Capable
Of the Power That American Democracy Generally Exercises over Itself
Of the Manner in Which American Democracy Conducts the Foreign Affairs of the State
CHAPTER 6a: What Are the Real Advantages That American Society Gains from the Government of Democracy?
Of the General Tendency of Laws under the Dominion of American Democracy, and Of the Instinct of Those Who Apply Them
Of Public Spirit in the United Stateso
Of the Idea of Rights in the United States
Of the Respect for the Law in the United Statesx
Activity That Reigns in All Parts of the Political Body in the United States; Influence That It Exercises on Society
CHAPTER 7: Of the Omnipotence of the Majority in the United States and Its Effectsa
How the Omnipotence of the Majority in America Increases the Legislative and Administrative Instability That Is Natural to Democracies
Tyranny of the Majoritym
Effects of the Omnipotence of the Majority on the Arbitrariness of American Public Officials
Of the Power Exercised by the Majority in America over Thought
Effect of Tyranny of the Majority on the National Character of the Americans; Of the Courtier Spirit in the United States
That the Greatest Danger to the American Republics Comes from the Omnipotence of the Majority
CHAPTER 8: Of What Tempers Tyranny of the Majority in the United States
Absence of Administrative Centralization
Of the Spirit of the Jurist in the United States, and How It Serves as Counterweight to Democracyf
Of the Jury in the United States Considered as a Political Institutionw
CHAPTER 9: Of the Principal Causes That Tend to Maintain the Democratic Republic in the United Statesa
Of the Accidental or Providential Causes That Contribute to Maintaining the Democratic Republic in the United Statese
Of the Influence of Laws on Maintaining the Democratic Republic in the United States
Of the Influence of Mores on Maintaining the Democratic Republic in the United States
Of Religion Considered as a Political Institution, How It Serves Powerfully to Maintain the Democratic Republic among the Americans[*]
Indirect Influence Exercised by Religious Beliefs on Political Society in the United States
Of the Principal Causes That Make Religion Powerful in Americap
How the Enlightenment, Habits, and Practical Experience of the Americans Contribute to the Success of Democratic Institutions
That Laws Serve More to Maintain the Democratic Republic in the United States than Physical Causes, and Mores More than Laws
Would Laws and Mores Be Sufficient to Maintain Democratic Institutions Elsewhere than in America?
Importance of What Precedes in Relation to Europet
CHAPTER 10: Some Considerations on the Present State and Probable Future of the Three Races That Inhabit the Territory of the United Statesa
Present State and Probable Future of the Indian Tribes That Inhabit the Territory Possessed by the Unionh
Position That the Black Race Occupies in the United States;30 Dangers to Which Its Presence Exposes the Whitesc
What Are the Chances for the American Union to Last? What Dangers Threaten It?m
Of Republican Institutions in the United States, What Are Their Chances of Lasting?
Some Considerations on the Causes of the Commercial Greatness of the United States
Conclusiona
Notes
First Part
(A) Page 36
(B) Page 38
(C) Page 40 On the American Languages
(D) Page 42
(E) Page 64
(F) Page 70
(G) Page 84
(H) Page 97 Summary of Electoral Conditions in the United States
(I) Page 161
(K) Page 165
(L) Page 170
(M) Page 171
(N) Page 185
(O) Page 276
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