Considerations on Representative Government
by John Stuart Mill
Table of Contents
Chapter I—To What Extent Forms of Government are a Matter of Choice
Chapter II—The Criterion of a Good Form of Government
Chapter III—That the ideally best Form of Government is Representative Government
Chapter IV—Under what Social Conditions Representative Government is Inapplicable
Chapter V—Of the Proper Functions of Representative Bodies
Chapter VI—Of the Infirmities and Dangers to which Representative Government is Liable
Chapter VIII—Of the Extension of the Suffrage
Chapter IX—Should there be Two Stages of Election?
Chapter X—Of the Mode of Voting
Chapter XI—Of the Duration of Parliaments
Chapter XII—Ought Pledges to be Required from Members of Parliament?
Chapter XIII—Of a Second Chamber
Chapter XIV—Of the Executive in a Representative Government
Chapter XV—Of Local Representative Bodies
Chapter XVI—Of Nationality, as connected with Representative Government
Chapter XVII—Of Federal Representative Governments
Chapter XVIII—Of the Government of Dependencies by a Free State
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