Without rules and procedures for promoting successful collective action, as participants and preferences multiply
a. government grows more efficient.
b. broadly acceptable collective decisions are made more rapidly.
c. unstructured negotiation rarely yields a collective decision all parties can accept.
d. the institutions of governance become less important.
c. unstructured negotiation rarely yields a collective decision all parties can accept.
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A) county commissioner. B) court commissioner. C) district judge. D) county prefect. E) county councilor.
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a. Democratic b. Republican c. Reform d. Libertarian
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