Who among the following defined civil power as "the right of making laws with penalties .... for the regulating and preserving of property, and of employing the force of the community, in the execution of such laws ... all this only for the public good."?
A. Rousseau
B. Karl Marx
C. John Locke
D. J. S. Mill
Answer: Option C
Related Questions on Political Theory
Who among the following has give 'Sleeping Dogs' theory of democratic culture?
A. Lucian Pye and Robert E. Ward
B. James S. Coleman and Myron Weiner
C. James C. Charlesworth and F. W. Riggs
D. Almond and Verba
Which one of the following is not included in the well known sayings of Mao?
A. Weapons are an important factor in war, but no the decisive one
B. Politics is war without bloodshed
C. The party commands the gun and the gun must never be allowed to command the party
D. Let a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend
Who among the following described modern democracies as 'Polyarchy'?
A. David Easton
B. Robert Dahl
C. Joseph Schumpter
D. S. Huntington

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