Political Science · Western Political Thought
Given below are two statements, choose the correct option.
- Statement I: Rousseau was the first to give the concept of Popular Sovereignty
- Statement II: Rousseau derided the system of representative democracy of England
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct — Statement I is incorrect while Statement II is correct, so the answer is the last option.
Explanation
★Statement I is incorrect while Statement II is correct, so the answer is the last option.
★Rousseau was not the first to give the concept of popular sovereignty.
★John Locke had already developed ideas of popular sovereignty before Rousseau.
★Rousseau did, however, ridicule the representative democracy of England.
★He said the English are free only at the moment of electing members of parliament.
★As soon as the members are elected, he held, the people are enslaved again.
★So Rousseau championed direct democracy and rejected mere representation.
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