Although sovereign states are likely to continue to dominate world politics, they will increasingly find their role in it to be changing or less stable because __________
a. populations are shifting their loyalties to larger, hierarchical organizations such as the Catholic Church
b. they are still likely to use surveillance and censorship as a means of holding on to power, making publics less trusting of them
c. anyone with credibility with the public, ranging from small NGOs to individuals, can affect global political affairs now, or form coalitions around certain issues
d. the rise of transnational terrorist groups that are built around the spread of ideologies, ones they spread through the Internet and “narrow-casting” of video
Answer: C
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Fill in the blank with correct word
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