Considerations on Representative Government
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| Autore: |
Mill John Stuart
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| Titolo: |
Considerations on Representative Government
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| Pubblicazione: | Auckland, : The Floating Press, 2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (414 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 320.01 |
| Soggetto topico: | Political science |
| Politics -- Philosophy | |
| Representative government and representation | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Only |
| Chapter 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; Endnotes | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Considerations on Representative Government |
| ISBN: | 1-77556-822-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910809495403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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