According to Barrington Moore, Jr., democracy emerged
first in European countries where:
a. the middle class was weak and the working class large and strong.
b. the landed nobility was weak and the working class large and strong.
c. the middle class could work effectively with the landed nobility.
d. the middle class was strong and allied with lower classes.
Answer: d
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