
By John Stuart Mill
Author Of "A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive"
Preface
Chapter I—To What Extent Forms of Government are a Matter of Choice.
Chapter II—The Criterion of a Good Form of Government.
Chapter III—That the ideally best Form of Government is Representative Government.
Chapter IV—Under what Social Conditions Representative Government is Inapplicable.
Chapter V—Of the Proper Functions of Representative Bodies.
Chapter VI—Of the Infirmities and Dangers to which Representative Government is Liable.
Chapter VII—Of True and False Democracy; Representation of All, and Representation of the Majority only.
Language
en
Duration
~9 hours (553K characters)
Release date
2004-05-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1806–1873
A fierce defender of individual liberty, free discussion, and women's rights, this major 19th-century thinker helped shape modern liberal thought. His books still speak clearly to debates about freedom, government, and the good society.
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