In this powerful work, John Stuart Mill sets forth representative government as the most sensible compromise between unreflective rule by the masses and the self-indulgence of the few. The reader may sense that Mill is being pulled in opposing directions: steadfastly committed to majority rule with minority rights while at the same time being just enough of an aristocrat to believe that the masses need examplars to emulate.
On Representative Government is one of the most compelling political essays of the 19th century.
- ISBN10 0879756705
- ISBN13 9780879756703
- Publish Date 1 May 1991 (first published 1 December 1958)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 24 November 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Prometheus Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 365
- Language English