Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Talcott Parsons was a structural functionalist who had a very positive view of macro-level societies.
2. Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft societies are ideal types.
3. Spaces of places are settings that have well-defined borders and can limit flows of all kinds, and are likely to have some solidity.
4. Spaces of flows are likely to have clear and defensible borders and are permanent in nature.
5. Some of the most important and most obvious barriers to global flows are those constructed by nation-states, but nation-states have been losing control over a number of global flows.
1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE
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