Considerations on Representative Government

Inthispowerfulwork，JohnStuartMillsetsforthrepresentativegovernmentasthemostsensiblecompromisebetweenunreflectiverulebythemassesandtheself-indulgenceofthefew.ThereaderofthisvolumesensesthatMillisbeingpulledinopposingdirections：steadfastlycommittedtomajorityrulewithminorityrightswhileatthesametimebeingjustenoughofanaristocrattobelievethatthemassesneedexamplarstoemulate.OnRepresentativeGovernmentisoneofthemostcompellingpoliticalessaysofthe19thcentury.