| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第8-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-13页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第13-22页 |
| 1.1 Tocqueville Research in Western Countries and China | 第13-18页 |
| 1.1.1 Tocqueville Research in Western Countries | 第14-16页 |
| 1.1.2 Tocqueville Research in China | 第16-18页 |
| 1.2 The Comparative Method in Social and Political Research | 第18-19页 |
| 1.3 Purpose of the Thesis | 第19-20页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the Thesis | 第20-22页 |
| CHAPTER II LIFE AND WORK OF TOCQUEVILLE | 第22-31页 |
| 2.1 Life of Alexis de Tocqueville | 第22-24页 |
| 2.2 Tocqueville’s Political Thoughts in Democracy in America | 第24-31页 |
| 2.2.1 Freedom in Tocqueville’s Thoughts | 第25页 |
| 2.2.2 Democracy in Tocqueville’s Thoughts | 第25-26页 |
| 2.2.3 Relationship between Freedom and Democracy | 第26-28页 |
| 2.2.4 Eclecticism in Tocqueville’s Thoughts | 第28-31页 |
| CHAPTER III COMPARATIVE METHOD IN DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA | 第31-37页 |
| 3.1 Tocqueville’s Application of the Comparative Method | 第31-33页 |
| 3.2 Strategies of Comparison | 第33-37页 |
| 3.2.1 Strategy of Spatial Comparison | 第33-35页 |
| 3.2.2 Strategy of Time Comparison | 第35-37页 |
| CHAPTER IV COMPARISONS ON INTERMEDIATE LEVEL POLITICAL AUTHORITIES | 第37-47页 |
| 4.1 Comparison on Local Authorities Between France and America | 第38-41页 |
| 4.1.1 Differences in Form and Principles of Local authorities | 第38-40页 |
| 4.1.2 Differences in People’s Attitude Towards Public Affairs | 第40-41页 |
| 4.2 Comparison on the Liberty of the Press Between France and America | 第41-44页 |
| 4.2.1 Centralization in France and Dispersion in America | 第42-43页 |
| 4.2.2 The Effects of the Differences | 第43-44页 |
| 4.3 Comparison on the Right of Association | 第44-47页 |
| 4.3.1 Differences Between Association in Democracy and Aristocracy | 第44-45页 |
| 4.3.2 Differences Between Association in France and America | 第45-47页 |
| CHAPTER V COMPARISONS ON SOCIAL VALUES AND MANNERS | 第47-59页 |
| 5.1 Comparison on Attitude Toward Self-interest and Manners to Other Social Groups | 第48-49页 |
| 5.2 Comparison on the Taste for Physical Well-being and Industry | 第49-51页 |
| 5.3 Comparison on Art and Literature | 第51-52页 |
| 5.4 Comparison on Religion | 第52-59页 |
| 5.4.1 Differences in Relationship Between Religion and Politics | 第53-54页 |
| 5.4.2 Differences in Religious Opinions on the Goods of This World | 第54-55页 |
| 5.4.3 The Effects of the Differences | 第55-59页 |
| CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION | 第59-63页 |
| NOTES | 第63-64页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第64-65页 |
