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Considerations on Representative Government

by John Stuart Mill (1806–1873)

16 chapters, about 93,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. Preface 300 words
2. LIST OF CONTENTS 200 words
3. Chapter I--To What Extent Forms of Government are a Matter of Choice. 4,400 words
4. Chapter II--The Criterion of a Good Form of Government. 18,700 words
5. Chapter V--Of the Proper Functions of Representative Bodies. 18,900 words
6. Chapter VIII--Of the Extension of the Suffrage. 7,300 words
7. Chapter IX--Should there be Two Stages of Election? 2,500 words
8. Chapter X--Of the Mode of Voting. 5,700 words
9. Chapter XI--Of the Duration of Parliaments. 1,000 words
10. Chapter XII--Ought Pledges to be Required from Members of Parliament? 4,200 words
11. Chapter XIII--Of a Second Chamber. 3,000 words
12. Chapter XIV--Of the Executive in a Representative Government. 6,500 words
13. Chapter XV--Of Local Representative Bodies. 5,800 words
14. Chapter XVI--Of Nationality, as connected with Representative Government. 2,900 words
15. Chapter XVII--Of Federal Representative Governments. 4,100 words
16. Chapter XVIII--Of the Government of Dependencies by a Free State. 7,900 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Aristocracy
• Constitution
• Democracy
• Election
• Federation
• Government
• Impartiality
• Individualism
• Persuasion
• Progress
• Salary
• Suffrage
• Trade union
• Tradition

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