When the citizens of a nation-state agree the state has a monopoly over the use of force, the state is characterized by:

a. authority
b. control
c. investiture
d. legitimacy


D

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Sociologist William Ogburn suggested that when a change in the material culture occurs in society, a period of cultural diffusion follows in which the nonmaterial (ideological) culture has not caught up with material development

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

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