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 v. 1. Autobiography and literary essays v. 2-3. Principles of political economy with some of their applications to social philosophy v. 4- 5. Essays on economics and society v. 6. Essays on England, Ireland, and the Empire v. 7-8. A system of logic, ratiocinative and inductive v. 9. An examination of Sir William Hamilton's philosophy and the principal philosophical questions discussed in his writings v. 10. Essays on ethics, religion and society v. 11. Essays on philosophy and the classics v. 12- 13. The earlier letters of John Stuart Mill, 1812-1848 v. 14-17. The later letters of John Stuart Mill, 1849-1873 v. 18-19. Essays on politics and society v. 20. Essays on French history and historians v. 21. Essays on equality, law and education v. 22-25. Newspaper writings v. 26-27. Journals and debating speeches v.28-29. Public and Parliamentary speeches. v. 30. Writings on India. v. 31. Miscellaneous writings. v. 32. Additional letters of John Stuart Mill. v. 33. Indexes to the collected works. The textual introduction, by John M. Robson, examines the treatise in context of Mill's life in the 1860s, outlines its composition, and discusses, among other matters, the importance of the extensive revisions Mill made, mostly in response to critics. "No serious student of Canada's past can function without access to this thorough, balanced and reliable source." R. Hall, Globe and Mail.