Tocqueville on Poverty in Industrial Democracies

Jimena Hurtado Prieto

No 7961, Documentos CEDE from Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE

Abstract: In this paper I explore Tocqueville´s views on poverty and pauperism in democratictimes. Tocqueville´s explanation of economic and social phenomena linked to the raiseof equality, show the difficult dilemmas he foresaw with the consolidation of democracy and increasing industrialization. New social classes and the unequal access to wealth would generate a social problem which could, eventually, threaten freedom.

Keywords: Alexis de Tocqueville; pauperism; industrialization; democracy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B11 B19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19
Date: 2011-02-02
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