Considerations on Representative Government

By Mill, John Stuart

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Title:	Considerations on Representative Government
Author:	Mill, John Stuart
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Language:	English
Subject:	Politics, Literature and history, Literature & philosophy
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Preface: Those who have done me the honor of reading my previous writings will probably receive no strong impression of novelty from the present volume; for the principles are those to which I have been working up during the greater part of my life, and most of the practical suggestions have been anticipated by others or by myself. There is novelty, however.

Table of Contents
Contents Preface ........................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Chapter I To What Extent Forms of Government are a Matter of Choice ............................................................. 5 Chapter II The Criterion of a Good Form of Government .................................................................................... 15 Chapter III That the ideally best Form of Government is Representative Government .................................... 34 Chapter IV Under what Social Conditions Representative Government is Inapplicable ................................... 51 Chapter V Of the Proper Functions of Representative Bodies............................................................................... 61 Chapter VI Of the Infirmities and Dangers to which Representative Government is Liable ............................. 76 Chapter VII Of True and False Democracy; Representation of All, and Representation of the Majority only 92 Chapter VIII Of the Extension of the Suffrage ..................................................................................................... 108 Chapter IX Should there be Two Stages of Election?............................................................................................ 125 Chapter X Of the Mode of Voting ........................................................................................................................... 131 Chapter XI Of the Duration of Parliaments .......................................................................................................... 145 Chapter XII Ought Pledges to be Required from Members of Parliament? ...................................................... 148 Chapter XIII Of a Second Chamber....................................................................................................................... 158 Chapter XIV Of the Executive in a Representative Government ........................................................................ 166 Chapter XV Of Local Representative Bodies ........................................................................................................ 181 Chapter XVI Of Nationality, as connected with Representative Government ................................................... 196 Chapter XVII Of Federal Representative Governments ...................................................................................... 203 Chapter XVIII Of the Government of Dependencies by a Free State ................................................................. 214