WAEC Government 2003 Question 6

Question 6

Power, Authority, Legitimacy and Sovereignty

The concept of sovereignty was first introduced into political terminology in 1576 by

  1. A.Winston Churchill
  2. B.Jean Bodin
  3. C.Karl Marx
  4. D.Abraham Lincoln.
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Answer: B (Jean Bodin)

Explanation

The French writer Jean Bodin set out the idea of sovereignty in his Six Books of the Commonwealth (1576).