USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -He believed in a direct democracy in which everyone voted to express the general will and to make the laws of the land. Rousseau had in mind a democracy on a small scale, a city-state like his native Geneva.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rousseau’s thought stemmed from his notion of human nature. In contrast to some of his forerunners and contemporaries (such as Montesquieu and Thomas Hobbes), he believed that humans possessed a natural goodness and that caring properly for oneself did not exclude concern for the welfare of others.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rousseau believed that the best form of government was a democracy. His writings influenced how people think about government and how a democracy should work. In his book The Social Contract, written in 1762, Rousseau talks about what makes an effective government.

Detailed explanation-4: -He believed that a form of government where the sovereign puts the right of administration in the hands of the people as a whole was a democracy that could only be possible through direct democracies where people as a whole were free to govern themselves.