popular sovereignty means that the power of a government comes from the consent of congress.
popular sovereignty means that the power of a government comes from the consent of congress.
popular sovereignty means that the power of a government comes from the consent of whom?
congress
popular sovereignty is the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (rule by the people), who is the source of all political power. it is closely associated with social contract philosophers such as thomas hobbes, john locke and jean-jacques rousseau. popular sovereignty expresses a concept and does not necessarily reflect or describe a political reality. the people have the final say in government decisions. benjamin franklin expressed the concept when he wrote, "in free governments, the rulers are the servants and the people their superiors and sovereigns".
popular sovereignty
popular sovereignty in its modern sense, is an idea that dates to the social contracts school (mid-17th to mid-18th centuries), represented by thomas hobbes (1588–1679), john locke (1632–1704), and jean-jacques rousseau (1712–1778), author of "the social contract", a prominent political work that clearly highlighted the ideals of "general will" and further matured the idea of popular sovereignty. the central tenet is that legitimacy of rule or of law is based on the consent of the governed. popular sovereignty is thus a basic tenet of most republics, and in some monarchies. hobbes, locke and rousseau were the most influential thinkers of this school, all postulating that individuals choose to enter into a social contract with one another, thus voluntarily giving up some of their natural freedom in return for protection from dangers derived from the freedom of others. whether men were seen as naturally more prone to violence and rapine (hobbes) or cooperation and kindness (rousseau), the idea that a legitimate social order emerges only when the liberties and duties are equal among citizens binds the social contract thinkers to the concept of popular sovereignty.
popular sovereignty