Considerations on Representative Government

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John Stuart Mill is one of the foremost representatives of utilitarian thought as well as one of the most influential of nineteenth century liberals. Contents: To What Extent Forms of Government are a Matter of Choice; The Criterion of a Good Form of Government; That the Ideally Best Form of Government is Representative Government; Under What Social Conditions Representative Government is Inapplicable; Of the Proper Functions of Representative Bodies; Of the Infirmities and Dangers to Which Representative Government is Liable; Of True and False Democracy; Representation of All and Representation of the Majority Only; Of the Extension of the Suffrage; Should There be Two Stages of Election?; Of the Mode of Voting; Of the Duration of Parliaments; Ought Pledges to be Required from Members of Parliament?; Of a Second Chamber; Of the Executive in a Representative Government; Of Local Representative Bodies; Of Nationality, as Connected with Representative Government; Of Federal Representative Governments; and Of the Government of Dependencies by a Free State.

Genre: Political Science / General (fancy, right?)