What Is the Meaning of Following Term

question 68

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of following term:
-Patron-client system

• A) Activities that would include voting, joining an interest group, protesting, or running for a position in government.
• B) A coalition of interests whose goal is to gain control of the government by winning elections.
• C) Groups composed of people who share common concerns and want to influence the government.
• D) The Greek word meaning people or populace.
• E) Attempts to control the process of governmental change in order to protect specific interests.
• F) Involves reducing restrictions on freedom.
• G) The legal framework or basic law of a society.
• H) A system used in developing countries where patrons act as their clients' link to political participation and the government.
• I) The power to govern based on the consent of the majority being governed.
• J) Involves behavioral, attitudinal, and institutional changes.
• K) The rule that no person is above the law and that all individuals are treated equally under the law.
• L) The surrounding societies that facilitate or impede the development of democratic values in other nations.
• M) Have the responsibility for ensuring that the laws are fair and that individuals' rights are protected.
• N) The Greek word meaning rule.
• O) A system of government in which the majority rules, but the minority rights are protected.

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