POLS 250 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: John Stuart Mill, Mary Wollstonecraft, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 250
• Professor: Colin Farrelly

Document Summary

Midterm written in stirling hall b on monday, march 5th at 6:30 p. m. Contains a mix of multiple choice, short fill in the blank and identify the author of the passage. Waves of democratic revolution that we have seen currently. Not a system where we vote for political parties (that divides society) Laws are made, not in parliament, but at popular assemblies. Important for rousseau that all people take part in creating legislation but not in executing it (that would lead to innate corruption) (note: rousseau came up with these ideas without the utilization of empirical context, meaning his ideas were extremely progressive for their time) Aristocracy: most upright, intelligent morally outstanding and politically experienced citizens. The way it is being thought of in society is embedded in his writings. They will govern for the interests of all and not their own private interests. Rousseau endorses a democratic form of sovereignty but not a democratic form of government.