The Subjection of Women

Mill explains what makes representative democracy work: an active citizenry, protection of minorities and proportional representation. His most complete book on how a free government should be organized.

John Stuart Mill

A short 1859 pamphlet where Mill proposes extending the vote, plural votes for the educated and the secret ballot debate. A compact preview of the ideas he later developed in Representative Government.

John Stuart Mill

Mill's 1868 pamphlet on the Irish land question, arguing that tenants should become owners of the land they farm. A bold reform proposal from his years as a member of Parliament.

John Stuart Mill

Mill's 1862 essay taking the side of the Union in the American Civil War and naming slavery as the real cause of the conflict. A short, sharp piece of political argument.

John Stuart Mill