What name did Norbert Elias give to the dynamic of competition between social units that eventually gave rise to a nation state ?

Correct answer: C. the monopoly mechanism

  • A. the absolutist mechanism
  • B. the decivilizing process
  • C. the monopoly mechanism
  • D. the courtizaion process

Explanation

Norbert Elias used the idea of the monopoly mechanism to describe competition among social units that gradually concentrated power and helped produce the modern nation-state. The decivilising process refers to the breakdown of civilising restraints, not state formation.

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