What is the difference between functional and artificial issue linkage?

a. Artificial linkage, unlike functional linkage, can only be sustained by military power.
b. Functional linkage, unlike artificial linkage, is created in the mind of the statesman.
c. If two issues are linked functionally, they are causally connected; artificial linkage involves no causality.
d. Artificial linkage implies a causal connection between issues; functional linkage implies no such connection.
e. In functional linkages strength offsets weakness; in artificial linkages strength beget strength


Answer: c

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