Over 175 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French nobleman and an astute political scientist, came to the United States to evaluate the meaning and actual functioning of democracy. His brilliant discussion of majority rule is still vitally relevant today. Revised reissue. 邦題　『アメリカのデモクラシー』　（岩波文庫） 10月3日朝日新聞・朝刊「記事中 」に掲載