Essays on Politics and Society, part 2 (with: Considerations on Representative Government) (Collected works of John Stuart Mill - Vol. 19)

Front Matter......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Copyright Details......Page 4
Table of Contents, pp. v-vi......Page 5
Essays on Politics and Society......Page 7
Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform, p. 311......Page 9
Recent Writers on Reform, p. 341......Page 39
Considerations on Representative Government, p. 371......Page 69
Preface, p. 373......Page 71
I. To What Extent Forms of Government are a Matter of Choice, p. 374......Page 72
II. The Criterion of a Good Form of Government, p. 383......Page 81
III. That the Ideally Best Form of Government is Representative Government, p. 399......Page 97
IV. Under What Social Conditions Representative Government is Inapplicable, p. 413......Page 111
V. Of the Proper Functions of Representative Bodies, p. 422......Page 120
VI. Of the Infirmities and Dangers to which Representative Government is Liable, p. 435......Page 133
VII. Of True and False Democracy; Representation of All, and Representation of the Majority Only, p. 448......Page 146
VIII. Of the Extension of the Suffrage, p. 467......Page 165
IX. Should there be Two Stages of Election?, p. 482......Page 180
X. Of the Mode of Voting, p. 488......Page 186
XI. Of the Duration of Parliaments, p. 501......Page 199
XII. Ought Pledges to be Required Members of Parliament?, p. 504......Page 202
XIII. Of a Second Chamber, p. 513......Page 211
XIV. Of the Executive in a Representative Government, p. 520......Page 218
XV. Of Local Representative Bodies, p. 534......Page 232
XVI. Of Nationality, as Connected with Representative Governments, p. 546......Page 244
XVII. Of Federal Representative Governments, p. 553......Page 251
XVIII. Of the Government of Dependencies by a Free State, p. 562......Page 260
Centralisation, p. 579......Page 277
Appendix A. Taylor's Statesman, p. 617......Page 313
Appendix B. Appendix to Dissertations and Discussions, Vol. 1, p. 648......Page 346
Appendix C. Jowett on Civil Examinations, p. 654......Page 352
Appendix D. Substantive variants in the People's Edition of On Liberty, p. 657......Page 355
Appendix E. Substantive variants in the People's Edition of Considerations on Representative Government, p. 658......Page 356
Appendix F. Bibliographic Index of Persons and Works Cited in the Essays, with Variants and Notes, p. 659......Page 357
Index, p. 755......Page 453
End of Volume XXIX, p. 780......Page 478