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
Answer: C
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