Political Science Deneme Sınavı Sorusu #543805
Citizens have the right as sovereigns to create their own government. However, once this government is created, it cannot be questioned as it represents the general will. Henceforth, the freedom of the individual will derive from this government. The rights of the individual are subordinate to this government as it represents their commonwealth that collectively guarantees the rights of all.
What is the name of this theory concerned with the relations between the ruled and their rulers?
Citizens have the right as sovereigns to create their own government. However, once this government is created, it cannot be questioned as it represents the general will. Henceforth, the freedom of the individual will derive from this government. The rights of the individual are subordinate to this government as it represents their commonwealth that collectively guarantees the rights of all.
What is the name of this theory concerned with the relations between the ruled and their rulers?
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Territorial integrity |
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Social contract |
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National sovereignty |
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Ultimate authority |
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Globalization |
In the 17th and 18th centuries, theorists including Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau developed popular sovereignty, which means that ultimate authority lies with the people. This concept arose in opposition to the centralising tendencies of some monarchs who claimed a divine right to rule and the rise of absolutist monarchs in the 17th century. Focusing on the relationship between governments and people, Rousseau held that government must rely on the consent of the governed, the volonté générale(“general will”). Rousseau's refinement of this ideal of the arrangement between the rulers and the ruled that came to be known as social contract.
The correct answer is B.
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