New Policies Create Constituencies Ripe for Organization in Part Because

question 1

Multiple Choice

New policies create constituencies ripe for organization in part because ______.

• A) it is easier to mobilize people to pursue benefits they do not yet enjoy than to defend what they already have
• B) no one ever mobilizes unless they have an economic interest that is directly threatened
• C) people who adapt their plans to existing policies develop a stake in their continuation
• D) the hope of gain is a more powerful incentive than the threat of loss

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