In his introduction to imagined communities author benedict anderson argued that the state and the nation are the same thing. t/f?

That statement is false

Explanation:

According to Benedict Anderson , there is a difference between a state and a nation.

He believe that state is a boundary to certain territory that separate one government with another.  He defined nation as a group of people who live together and build on the foundation of common bonds such as a same language, same culture, same historical identity , etc.

the answer to your question is,

old stone age.

-mabel < 3

an informal structure in a bureaucracy would be something like so-called "office politics". where there's a formal structure set up for the organization, but then an informal subculture as well that has a way of organizing the bureaucracy further. this can be positive because it sets up an added degree of organization, albeit informal, within the bureaucracy.