Question 9
Power, Authority, Legitimacy and SovereigntyWho among the following provided the detailed work on sovereignty?
- A.Jean Bodin
- B.Fredrick Engels
- C.Bolaji Akinyemi
- D.Thomas Hobbes
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Answer: A (Jean Bodin)
Explanation
The French writer Jean Bodin (Six Books of the Commonwealth, 1576) gave the first detailed theory of sovereignty.