As a complex form of political organization, a state society
a. always relies on supernatural sanctions to maintain social order.
b. maintains the exclusive right to use force and physical coercion.
c. maintains its authority by brute force alone.
d. has the least amount of deviation from the norms.
e. is the least centralized government of all types of human societies.
ANS: B
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