Considerations on Representative Government
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Considerations on Representative Government is a political philosophy treatise by John Stuart Mill that analyzes and defends representative democracy as the most effective and just form of government.
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction work → political philosophy treatise → |
| author |
John Stuart Mill
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| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| firstPublishedIn |
19th century
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| genre |
political philosophy
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political theory → |
| hasPart |
chapter on nationality as connected with representative government
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chapter on the criterion of a good form of government → chapter on the extension of the suffrage → chapter on the government of dependencies → chapter on the ideally best form of government → chapter on the mode of voting → |
| influenced |
debates on proportional representation
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liberal democratic theory → theory of representative democracy → |
| influencedBy |
British constitutional practice
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On Liberty → utilitarian ethics → |
| language |
English
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| mainTopic |
bureaucracy
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checks and balances → civil service → competence of voters → democracy → division of powers → electoral representation → federalism → forms of government → liberalism → local self-government → nationality and government → parliamentary government → political education → political equality → political institutions → political liberty → political participation → proportional representation → public opinion → representative democracy → representative government → suffrage → |
| notableIdea |
defense of representative democracy as the best practicable form of government
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importance of political participation for individual development → support for proportional representation to protect minorities → |
| philosophicalSchool |
classical liberalism
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utilitarianism → |
| publicationYear |
1861
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John Stuart Mill
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The History of British India
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