Great Social Contract
Read the following:
Text book -Dooley, K. and Patten, J. Why Politics Matters: An Introduction to Political Science, 2nd Edition, Cengage Learning
“Jean-Jacque Rousseau: The Last Great Social Contract Theorist” passage located under “Theory and Practice” in Chapter 3 of your textbook.
“How Direct Democracy Makes Switzerland a Better Place”
Answer the following questions:
What is the difference between direct democracies and representative democracies?
Do you agree with Rousseau that direct-democracy political systems are preferable to representative democracies? Why?
Why did the American Framers warn against direct democracies?
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Democracy is a system of government in which citizens exercise power either directly or through other people they elect to represent them in the government (Dooley & Patten, 2012). Two types of democracy include direct democracy and representative democracy. Direct democracy is where citizens of a country exercise power directly. All the issues and policies the government proposes have to go through public scrutiny and voting. Representative democracy is where citizens elect some of their members to represent them in the government…………………………………
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