Tocqueville on poverty in industrial democracies
In this paper I explore Tocqueville's views on poverty and pauperism in democratic times. Tocqueville's explanation of economic and social phenomena linked to the raise of equality, show the difficult dilemmas he foresaw with the consolidation of democracy and increasing industrialization....
- Autores:
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Hurtado Prieto, Jimena
- Tipo de recurso:
- Work document
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2011
- Institución:
- Universidad de los Andes
- Repositorio:
- Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/8220
- Acceso en línea:
- http://hdl.handle.net/1992/8220
- Palabra clave:
- Alexis de Tocqueville
Pauperism
Industrialization
Democracy
Tocqueville, Alexis de - 1805-1859 - Pensamiento económico
Tocqueville, Alexis de - 1805-1859 - Crítica e interpretación
Economía política
Capitalismo
B11, B19
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
| Summary: | In this paper I explore Tocqueville's views on poverty and pauperism in democratic times. Tocqueville's explanation of economic and social phenomena linked to the raise of 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. |
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