Dr Kahan is the author of Aristocratic Liberalism (Oxford, 1992) and Liberalism in Nineteenth Century Europe (Palgrave, 2003). He was also co-editor of The Tocqueville Reader (Wiley, 2002).

"This volume presents the ideas of conservative French political theorist Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) within the context of his life and times. It recounts his biography and influences, then discusses the intricacies of his thought and ideas about democracy and freedom (and the tension between them) in America, France, and other countries; his ideas about poverty; responses to his work by contemporaries; and the impact of his contributions, including his works Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution." -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc.

• Part I / 1 Biography / Part II. / 2 The Essential Tocqueville / 3 Democracy and Freedom in America / 4 Democracy and Freedom in France / 5 Democracy and Freedom Elsewhere / 6 Democracy, Freedom, and Poverty / 7 Tocqueville, the Neo-Liberal / Part III / 8 Tocqueville and his Readers / Part IV / 9 Tocqueville Today / Part V/ Works Cited / Annotated Bibliography / Index