alleryWhich thinker argued that direct democracy increases legitimacy?
AJean-Jacques Rousseau
BEdmund Burke, Irish thinker
CMontesquieu, French thinker
DKarl Popper, Austrian thinker
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Rousseau held that direct participation by citizens gives a government more legitimacy than representatives can.
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