John Stuart Mill

Considerations on Representative Government

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Produktbeschreibung

A detailed discussion of the theories of democracy of John Stuart Mill (1806 73), first published in 1861.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781108023535
• ISBN-10: 1108023533
• Artikelnr.: 32885394

Autorenporträt

John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 - 7 May 1873) was an English philosopher, political economist, politician and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of classical liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory, and political economy. Dubbed "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century" by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,[11] he conceived of liberty as justifying the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state and social control.[12]Mill was a proponent of utilitarianism, an ethical theory developed by his predecessor Jeremy Bentham. He contributed to the investigation of scientific methodology, though his knowledge of the topic was based on the writings of others, notably William Whewell, John Herschel, and Auguste Comte, and research carried out for Mill by Alexander Bain. He engaged in written debate with Whewell.[13]A member of the Liberal Party and author of the early feminist work The Subjection of Women, Mill was also the second member of Parliament to call for women's suffrage after Henry Hunt in 1832

Inhaltsangabe

1. To what extent forms of government are a matter of choice
2. The criterion of a good form of government
3. That the ideally best form of government is representative government
4. Under what social conditions representative government is inapplicable
5. Of the proper functions of representative bodies
6. Of the infirmities and dangers to which representative government is liable
7. Of true and false democracy. Representation of all and representation of the majority only
8. Of the extension of the suffrage
9. Should there be two stages of election?
10. Of the mode of voting
11. Of the duration of Parliaments
12. Ought pledges to be required from Members of Parliament
13. Of a second chamber
14. Of the executive in a representative government
15. Of local representative bodies
16. Of nationality, as connected with representative government
17. Of federal representative governments
18. Of the government of dependencies by a free state.