Question: What does chapter author McDowell argue about the stability of states? Group of answer choices States are a stable form of political organization as evidenced by the 240 years of the U.S. state. States are generally unstable, due to the tendency of the people to see the government as illegitimate. States tend toward instability, evidenced by the fact that very few states in history have lasted up to 1,000 years. States have outlasted any other form of political organization.