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them? Moore looks at the world rather holistically and then divides them into three distinct parts, following the origins of capitalist democracies, fascist nations and communist countries. The three
distinct categories paves the way for the author to back track and explain how each of the nations in question came to be. For example, some states came about through
revolution or a peasant uprising, and others would transform via bourgeois revolution. 2. According to Moores analysis, what causes historical events to happen? Give examples. In
the context of the work Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, there is a sense that historical events do not happen by chance, but are somewhat easily predictable. For example,
if there is a landed aristocracy, a peasant population, a bourgeois and so forth, the future is predictable. If there is a large middle bourgeoisie, a democracy is more
likely. One can see how history unfolds through an understanding of the origins of nations. 3. What is the role of revolutions in Western history? What determines the
winners, the losers? There are three types of revolutions according to Moore and they are bourgeois revolution, conservative revolutions and peasant revolutions each culminating in democracy, fascism and communism
respectively (413-414). Winners are those who gain power and the losers are the ones who are controlled. 4. Contrary to popular belief, there are classes in America.
What are they? The classes as they exist in America are generally thought to be lower, middle and upper classes but have also been further broken down to
reflect upper middle class, lower middle class and so forth. While various subdivisions are sometimes distinguished, it is also true that another way to look at it is to divide
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