In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

________________ democracies, citizens  have command ________________ who they want to be represented by as well as the competence to define issues worthy of representation. Outside  the domain of often _________________ party politics lies an entire  terrain of collective action ______________ which citizens press their collective will upon those __________________ rule.