How does the section on public officials contribute to the author’s explanation of governments?

a. Bureaucracy and inefficiency weighed down governments with public officials.
b. Public officials were often more powerful than the monarchs that they served.
c. Citizen participation helped keep governments in check and prevent abuse of
power.
d. Citizens often maneuvered themselves to stay in public office and influence state
affairs for as long as possible.

i and iii hope this : )

explanation:

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

if it were me, i would pick c. c is the best answer because it's basically saying go on a non-violent strike for india