This collection of selected work presents John Stuart Mill as a political theorist. In this seven-book edition you can find out Mill's thoughts on representative government, parliamentary reform and capital punishment. This collection also contains books where Mill discussed some of the current topics of his time such as the relations between England and Ireland, American Civil War and improvements in the administration of India.
Contents:
Considerations on Representative Government
To What Extent Forms of Government Are a Matter of Choice
The Criterion of a Good Form of Government
That the Ideally Best Form of Government Is Representative Government
Under What Social Conditions Representative Government Is Inapplicable
Of the Proper Functions of Representative Bodies
Of the Infirmities and Dangers to Which Representative Government Is Liable
Of True and False Democracy; Representation of All, and Representation of the Majority Only
Of the Extension of the Suffrage
Should There Be Two Stages of Election?
Of the Mode of Voting
Of the Duration of Parliaments
Ought Pledges to Be Required From Members of Parliament?
Of a Second Chamber
Of the Executive in a Representative Government
Of Local Representative Bodies
Of Nationality, as Connected With Representative Government
Of Federal Representative Governments
Of the Government of Dependencies by a Free State
England and Ireland
Memorandum of the Improvements in the Administration of India During the Last Thirty Years
Revenue Administration, & Rights of the Rural Population
Judicature and Legislation
Improvement of the Country by Public Works
Education
Miscellaneous Improvements
Bengal Survey
Survey and Assessment of the North-western Provinces
Survey and Assessment of the Bombay Territory
Exemption of Lands Improved by the Ryots From Extra Assessment
Speech in Favor of Capital Punishment
The Contest in America
Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform
A Few Words on Non-intervention