Some scholars argue that external events such as an economic crisis or a series of shootings can upset the status quo, overcoming normal collective action problems and encouraging individuals to set up or join interest groups. This theory is known as

a. fragmentation. 
b. elitism. 
c. pluralism. 
d. disturbance theory. 


d. disturbance theory. 

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