Norfolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2010 census, the population was 670,850. Its county seat is Dedham. The county was named after the English county of the same name with the meaning northern folk. Two towns, Cohasset and Brookline, are exclaves.
Popular sovereignty. Popular sovereignty or the sovereignty of the people is the principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political power.
The Six basic Principles of Government. Popular Sovereignty. Popular Sovereignty is defined as a doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people. This simply means that the citizens of the country are in charge of the government and how it is run. People are allowed to vote on who represents them in a government position.