All of the following are true of politics in non-Western society EXCEPT
A) A small elite controls access to the power and wealth.
B) The ruling power tends to derive governmental power from pre-colonial monarchs.
C) In general, one political party or the army controls public life.
D) Large landholders dominate the countryside to intimidate the small farmers and laborers.
E) The ruling power holds dictatorial power in most cases.
B
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