Regular elections, broad suffrage, freedom of speech and the press, and freedom to join or form political organizations are significant because ______.

A. they ensure that government leaders can simply do their jobs without worrying about public opinion
B. they mean that government leaders always know precisely what the public's opinion is
C. they compel government leaders to take the public's opinion into account if they want to keep their jobs
D. they are mechanisms through which the government distracts the public from policy

Answer: C

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What point does Ratner make in discussing tuna and dolphins?

a. He underlines the different areas of international law. b. He is concerned about international law and overfishing. c. He highlights the difficulties of fishermen in a globalizing world. d. He argues that different issue areas can no longer be considered separately.

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