Anthony Downs characterized organizations and the individuals within them as beginning as zealots or advocates of certain social causes but over time becoming more interested in surviving and maintaining their budgets than in serving clients. What phrase does Downs use to describe this?

A. going through displacement
B. going through modification
C. going through a straitjacket
D. going through a life cycle


D. going through a life cycle

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