Jeremy Jennings
Professor of Political Theory and Head of the School of Politics & Economics at King's College London
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Tocqueville: Democracy in America
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexis de Tocqueville and his study of the American democratic system, written as an example to France of how democracy might develop there.
22 March 2018
Also featuring: Robert Gildea, Susan-Mary Grant
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