Considerations on Representative Government

by John Stuart Mill

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Contents

1. Preface
2. Chapter I—To What Extent Forms of Government are a Matter of Choice
3. Chapter II—The Criterion of a Good Form of Government
4. Chapter III—That the ideally best Form of Government is Representative Government
5. Chapter IV—Under what Social Conditions Representative Government is Inapplicable
6. Chapter V—Of the Proper Functions of Representative Bodies
7. Chapter VI—Of the Infirmities and Dangers to which Representative Government is Liable
8. Chapter VII—Of True and False Democracy; Representation of All, and Representation of the Majority only
9. Chapter VIII—Of the Extension of the Suffrage
10. Chapter IX—Should there be Two Stages of Election?
11. Chapter X—Of the Mode of Voting
12. Chapter XI—Of the Duration of Parliaments
13. Chapter XII—Ought Pledges to be Required from Members of Parliament?
14. Chapter XIII—Of a Second Chamber
15. Chapter XIV—Of the Executive in a Representative Government
16. Chapter XV—Of Local Representative Bodies
17. Chapter XVI—Of Nationality, as connected with Representative Government
18. Chapter XVII—Of Federal Representative Governments
19. Chapter XVIII—Of the Government of Dependencies by a Free State

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