9.3 Liberalism Core Ideas - Liberal democracy

Question 1

CLASSICAL LIBERALISM - LIBERAL DEMOCRACY

Answer 1

CLASSICAL LIBERALISM - LIBERAL DEMOCRACY

Question 2

What is the concept of liberal democracy underpinned by?

Answer 2

The social contract theory of Locke

Question 3

What did John Locke argue in his book ‘The Two Treatises of Government’?

Answer 3

That government should be by consent as it was the only legitimate basis for authority

Question 4

What is an Edmund Burke quote about representative democracy?

Answer 4

‘Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion’

Question 5

What did JS Mill argue for in his work ‘Considerations on Representative Government’?

Answer 5

Plural votes for the educated and wealthy to prevent his own class being swept aside by the proletariat