I: Society, economy and democracy
The American journey and Tocqueville's intellectual awakening
Embracing liberal political economy and then rejecting it: Tocqueville's reading of say and Malthus
Equality, liberty and the problem of self-interest: democracy in America (1835)
Legitimism and political economy: the influence of Villeneuve-Bargemont
II: Democracy and social reform
Tocqueville and Beaumont on prison reform
The investigations into the causes of poverty and the ways to remedy it
The investigations into abandoned children
III: Democracy and revolution
Democracy and the threats of liberty: democracy in America (1840)
Administrative centralisation and the threats to liberty: the composition of The ancien régime and the revolution.
