JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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It is an agreement in which the government promises to provide a minimum standard of living to citizens.
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It is an agreement in which the government promises to protect the natural rights of people.
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It is an agreement between economic elites to maintain a stable economy.
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It is an agreement in which the government outlines socially acceptable norms of political behavior.
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Detailed explanation-1: -John Locke’s social contract theory includes the idea that life, liberty, and property are given to us by nature and shouldn’t be taken away. Locke’s theory states that people form governments in order to protect these rights, but in order for that to work, people have to follow the laws the government makes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Social contract theory says that people live together in society in accordance with an agreement that establishes moral and political rules of behavior.
Detailed explanation-3: -John Locke was the first significant proponent of natural rights. He famously asserted that everyone has the right to life, liberty, and property. Furthermore, no sovereign has the authority to infringe on another sovereign’s rights.