%0 Journal Article %T Descentraliza£¿£¿o: li£¿£¿es atuais de Tocqueville %A Frey %A Klaus %J Lua Nova: Revista de Cultura e Pol¨ªtica %D 2000 %I Centro de Estudos de Cultura Contempor?nea, CEDEC %R 10.1590/S0102-64452000000300007 %X the generic affirmation of a direct nexus between democracy, liberty, and decentralization is not justified, holds the author. the theme is dealt with on two levels: twith regard to problems of democracy in societies like the brazilian one, and through an examination of the contribution that tocqueville's ideas still have to offer on this score, which is seen as considerable. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-64452000000300007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en