Gamson's fundamental thesis is that new groups ___________________________

a. lose too many members if they ask them to choose "unruly" tactics (such as strikes; protest marches; riots)
b. can sometime use violence to successfully challenge the status quo
c. use the "vote" to fight the status quo
d. never really break the status quo, because their leaders eventually abandon the cause and join the elites representing the status quo (they "sell out")
e. both c & d


b

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