Rahe, Paul Anthony.

Soft despotism, democracy's drift : Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the modern prospect / Paul A. Rahe. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009. - xxiii, 374 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-349) and index.

9780300164237 (pbk.) 9780300144925 (Cloth) 030014492X (Cloth)

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Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755.
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.


Democracy.
Republicanism.

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