02823nam 22004333u 450 991046460090332120210106222612.01-77556-822-9(CKB)3710000000076292(EBL)435878(OCoLC)575913144(MiAaPQ)EBC435878(EXLCZ)99371000000007629220140804d2009|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Considerations on Representative Government[electronic resource]Auckland The Floating Press20091 online resource (414 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Title; Contents; Preface; 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 VII Of True and False Democracy; Representation of All, and Representation of the Majority OnlyChapter VIII Of the Extension of the SuffrageChapter 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; EndnotesThe classic liberal philosopher of nineteenth century England, John Stuart Mill, used Considerations on Representative Government to call for reforms to Parliament and voting, calling for proportional representation, the Single Transferable Vote, and the extension of suffrage. Mill was a renowned political theorist and economist, a Member of Parliament, and one of the greatest advocates utilitarianism.Political sciencePolitics -- PhilosophyRepresentative government and representationElectronic books.Political science.Politics -- Philosophy.Representative government and representation.320.01Mill John Stuart67964AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910464600903321Considerations on Representative Government1874920UNINA