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The 23 pages that link to Alexis de Tocqueville, each with the reason it gives.

• IndividualismRelated: He distinguished modern individualism from selfishness and examined its social effects.

• American exceptionalismRelated: His account of American social and political conditions helped establish comparative claims about the country’s character.

• Civil societyRelated: His account of voluntary associations showed how they sustain democratic habits and counterbalance power.

• Louis Philippe IRelated: His accounts preserve a contemporary analysis of the regime’s strengths and failures.

• MontesquieuRelated: Tocqueville later pursued a similarly comparative study of political institutions and customs.

• Civil religionRelated: He described religion’s influence on American civic life without treating church and state as identical.

• Voluntary associationRelated: He described citizens’ associations as a distinctive means of democratic self-organization.

• Civic virtueRelated: He examined how associations and local participation cultivate public-minded habits.

• Alphonse de LamartineRelated: A fellow republican who served in the government formed after the revolution Lamartine helped lead.

• Comparative politicsRelated: His work linked institutional comparison with social structure and political culture.

• June Days uprisingRelated: His memoir records the uprising and the fear it generated among republican deputies.

• Tyranny of the majorityRelated: He popularized the phrase and warned that public opinion could suppress dissent.

• Harriet MartineauCompared with: His account of the United States offers a contemporary comparison with Martineau’s observations.

• François GuizotRelated: Tocqueville served in Guizot’s final government and criticized its resistance to political reform.

• French Chamber of DeputiesRelated: He served as a deputy and criticized the July Monarchy’s political narrowness.

• Arthur de GobineauRelated: Tocqueville corresponded with Gobineau and criticized his determinist account of race and society.

• François-René de ChateaubriandRelated: Both writers interpreted France’s political transformation, though from different generations and methods.

• Jules MicheletCompared with: His analytical account of revolutionary continuity contrasts with Michelet’s impassioned popular epic.

• Raymond AronRelated: Aron regarded Tocqueville as a major guide to understanding modern democratic society.

• Adam FergusonRelated: Tocqueville’s later concern with civic participation echoes questions Ferguson raised about political independence.

• Democracy in AmericaBroader topic: His observations and comparisons supply the study’s distinctive voice and evidence.

• Georges LefebvreCompared with: Tocqueville’s emphasis on administrative continuity offers a different framework from Lefebvre’s class and peasant analysis.

• François Victor Alphonse AulardCompared with: Tocqueville’s emphasis on administrative continuity contrasts with Aulard’s republican narrative.