Politics is
a. an official decision designed to organize people, resolve disputes, or address other collective problems.
b. a set of activities that help organize individuals, systematically resolve disputes, and maintain order in society.
c. a process by which one person gets another to do something even if that person does not want to do it.
d. a process that allows one person to get another to do what the first person wants.
e. a decision-making mechanism that generates policy.
B
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