Book III
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Book III is the section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract* that focuses on the nature, forms, and functioning of government in relation to the sovereign people.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Book III (The Social Contract) | 0 |
| Livre III | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book section
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part of philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| author | Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| describedInWork |
The Social Contract
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surface form:
Du contrat social, ou Principes du droit politique
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| discusses |
conditions for legitimate government
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distinction between sovereign and government ⓘ executive power ⓘ legislative power ⓘ limits of governmental authority ⓘ relation between size of territory and form of government ⓘ signs of governmental decay ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
political philosophy
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political theory ⓘ |
| followedBy |
The Social Contract
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surface form:
Book IV (The Social Contract)
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| follows |
The Social Contract
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surface form:
Book II (The Social Contract)
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| genre | political treatise section ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapters on forms of government
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chapters on the degeneration of government ⓘ chapters on the nature of government ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
popular sovereignty
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republicanism ⓘ |
| inception | 1762 ⓘ |
| influenced |
debates on separation of powers
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later theories of representative government ⓘ modern republican thought ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
aristocracy
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corruption of government ⓘ democracy ⓘ forms of government ⓘ government ⓘ maintenance of the general will ⓘ mixed government ⓘ monarchy ⓘ political authority ⓘ relation between government and sovereign ⓘ separation between sovereign and government ⓘ size of the state and form of government ⓘ usurpation of sovereignty by government ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Book III
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Livre III
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| partOf | The Social Contract ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
The Social Contract
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surface form:
Books I–IV of The Social Contract
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| positionInWork | third book ⓘ |
| precededBy |
The Social Contract
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surface form:
Book II (The Social Contract)
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| workLanguage | French ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Book III (The Social Contract)
this entity surface form:
Livre III