Is it worth reading?

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert Putnam I think is a good alternative to Toqueville.

Disseminates and modernizes most of the relevant content, but if you want to see a perspective of a foreigner looking into how American democracy succeeded (compared to French democracy which was initially a failure) then yeah it's ok I guess. I've only read excerpts though and I prefer Putnam.

>>7990170
Interesting.

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>>7990131
It's pretty comfy, and the details are worth it. Don't expect too much insight though, mostly comparisons to (as the other anon said) European and especially French democracy.

I've started reading pic related and its a good companion piece for its insight into the working order and labor class.