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Aristotle as a traditional comparative philosopher was in ------
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Gurr's (1968) demonstration that levels of civil strife across 114 countries are positively linked to the presence of economic, political, shortterm, and long-term deprivation refers to _
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Dudley,and laski conceived Politics as ----- of the community in which all are personally involved.
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According to Barrington Moore's thesis revolutions by the elite result in ------
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Generalizations or theories which are capable of explaining and predicting political phenomena is ------
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In comparative politics the focus on voting behaviours, political stability, political elite and leaders refers to
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A is a set of propositions and/or hypothesis that are logically related to each other.
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According to Aristotle, the 'constitutions' of monarchy, aristocracy, and polity are -- ---
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The rule by many for the common good refers to a
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Aristotle adopted a _classification scheme in his analysis of 150 constitutions of the Greek City states.
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The emphasis on facts rather than values in comparative politics is a prerogative of the -----
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Nigeria became a true federalism on _by the Constitution.
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The bane of systemmaintenance and regulation mode is the performance of _.
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Politics' is the search for the good life is attributed to ----- -
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The _commission was established to address the functional inequalities in the Nigerian federal system.
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The term “logic” originated from Greek word _which means the art and science of reasoning
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The father of comparative politic is _.
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One of the differentiating feature between natural science and political science is the__.
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The ---- states that electoral system based on single member districts tend to produce two parties.
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Which system established the presidency and the legislature as two parallel structures _.
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The term 'politics' was first used by ----- to refer to the affairs of a affairs of ------
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Logic is often associated with _.
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Arend Lijphart divided the parliamentary democracies into two different systems namely and
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The ----- could be encompassed within the categories of legislation, execution and the adjudication of law
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The input – output analytical framework of the general systems theory was developed by _.
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The categorization into legislation, execution and the adjudication of law is attributed to -----
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The rule by the many for the many is _.
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The goal of science of politics is rooted in political science and natural science sharing the following features except -----
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The attainment of community goals in a political system is achieved through the social instrumentality of _institutions.
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The ‘master strategy’ as proposed by Grander for drawing inferences about causation in any area of study is the
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The three methods of country’s study in comparative politics include single – country studies, and .
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Adam Przensorski and Henry Tenure proposed two general approaches to the comparative method namely and _.
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The primary component of a regime in every political system consist of _and
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A bicameral legislature possesses two separate chambers, usually described as and _.
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A typical comparative studies design which identifies a particular outcome that is to be explained such as revolutions, military coups, transition to democracy, or “economic miracle “in newly industrialized countries refers to _.
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Which method of analysis is not a scientific method even when it is one of the basic specific methods in comparative research?
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The theory of seperation of powers is between ------
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The most similar systems design strategy in comparative research is also known as ------
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Political Science and natural sciences seek to ----
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The introduction of political science heralded the focus on the ------
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Barrington Moore's thesis on revolutions in England, Russia and Japan (among others) conluded that -----
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The making and implementation of binding decisions about behaviour or interaction in a society occurs within a
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Which theory presupposes that a political system is often made up of several structures which are “patterns of action and resultant institutions”?
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In the parliamentary system of government, the head of government is the _and the head of state being _.
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An important study of politics is ------
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Who is reputed as the father of federalism?
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The use of neither the experimental nor the statistical method in analysis is employed in the
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The philosophical approach in political science is focuced is on -----
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Richard Jesen's aversion that the motto of his generation of political scientists was ‘history is past politics and politics present history’ portrayed political science as ------
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Political institutions constitute the formal organs of a state which include structures
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