What is the author's style in The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau?

The author is clearly an intellectual and philosopher, an idealist and a theorist, and even at times a realist. As previously discussed, the overall perspective of the book is hypothetical and, at times, abstract. It is, essentially, a statement of how the author thinks things should be. It's important to note that this perspective is not just his alone; there is evidence, consisting mostly of references to societies past and present, that the author has seriously and deeply considered experiences of the past when contemplating and forming his own ideas.