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co-optation
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CO-OPTATION. A concurring choice. Sometimes applied to the act of the members of a corporation, in choosing a person to supply a vacancy. in their body.



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a public option to "keep the private insurers honest" (now a watered down co-option at best).
They make compelling arguments against conflating Islamist movements with the will of the people, though Ibrahim also makes a compelling argument for the co-option of Islamists into democratic frameworks where possible.
Throughout the past five decades the US made full use of this political phenomenon and its approach towards it differed widely, ranging from alliance to co-option to confrontation.
 
 
 
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