HREQ 1710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Totalitarianism, Pacifism, Foederati

• School: York University
• Department: Human Rights and Equity Studies
• Course: HREQ 1710
• Professor: Awalou Ouedraogo

Document Summary

Greek demokratia popular government , from demos + kratos power of the people. Democracy: as source of state authority power of the people as the purpose of government the common good as a method of choosing political leaders by the people contestation and participation. Government of the people, by the people, and for the people . The point of effervescence historical context of athens. The social contract theorists and the struggle for republicanism. John locke and the conception of natural rights. Liberalism and the course of history politics and economy. Distinction between the state and the forms of government. An intermediate body set up between the subjects and the. Sovereign, to secure their mutual correspondence, charged with the execution of the laws and the maintenance of liberty, both civil and political . The legitimate exercise of the executive power .