It is evident that almost all of the commentaries
produced since the early 1860s on John Stuart Mills
political philosophy in general, and on his account
of democracy in particular, have serious
deficiencies. Among these deficiencies, three in
particular are worth mentioning: 1) the lack of
recognition of the fact that a peoccupation with
accountability has a central role in Mills political
thought; 2) the propensity to separate the study of
the socio-political institutions that Mill proposed
from the broader concerns of his moral and political
philosophy; and 3) the disregard of the fact...