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

1. Comparative politics typically focuses on political behavior that occurs at the level of the state.
2. According to the definition of the “state,” both democratic and nondemocratic states rule through coercion and the use of force.
3. A failed state is a state-like entity that cannot coerce and is unable to successfully control the inhabitants of a given territory.
4. All states rely on, and use, coercion to rule.
5. The contractarian view of the state sees the creation of the state as resulting from a social contract between individuals in the state of nature in which the state provides security in exchange for obedience from the citizen.


1. True
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. True

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