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To Aristotle, people's humanity can only be experienced through interaction with others in ---- --
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The explanation of the difference between and similarities among countries is the premise of ------
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The comprehensive study of democracies around the world was embarked upon by ------
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The use of neither the experimental nor the statistical method in analysis is employed in the
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A bicameral legislature possesses two separate chambers, usually described as and _.
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The theory that explains the role of political elites, and makes explanatory generalizations about their social backgrounds and political perceptions is the _.
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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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All but ----- constituted the philosophers of the renaissance period in the era of the rebirth or revival of Comparative Politics in Europe
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The acronym RMAFC refers to _in Nigeria.
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The following are important traditional approaches in comparative politics except -----, legalistic and institutional approaches
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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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In political science, the theory used to describe how democracies are supposed to work in principle and in practice refers to _.
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The term “logic” originated from Greek word _which means the art and science of reasoning
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The Greek idea 'polis' refers to ------
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David Easton's input – output analytical framework was a unique systemic approach developed for the purpose of ------
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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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Institutions do not exist physically apart from the --- ---
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The Nigerian federalism is traceable to the constitution of 1946.
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Nigeria became a true federalism on _by the Constitution.
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Politics as 'who gets what, when and how' is attributed to -----
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The method of dividing governmental legislative powers so that general (central) and regional (component) governments are each within a sphere, coordinate and independent refers to _.
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The understanding of politics is premised on the view of politics as ------ and ----- according to Stephen Giliat.
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The traditional comparative government has been critiqued for being ------
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Regional or area studies in comparative politics involve study of similar ----
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The proponents of the system theory identified three components for every political system namely communities, regimes ,and
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Qualitative comparison of many counties is more difficult than quantitative comparison as evidenced in Finer’s (1997) attempt to compare _types over 5,000 years.
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In the components of politics, the individuals who exercise power as the agents of the state at any given time are referred to as
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During the traditional Developmental epoch the focus of comparative politics was on the -----
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To capture and analyse the major political similarities and differences between countries is the focus of ---- --
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The two broad approaches of political inquiry are and approaches
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The theory of seperation of powers is between ------
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The study of the political structure and political behavior of two countries in comparative enquiry refers to _.
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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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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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The development of ------ prompted the focus on the impact of social forces on government by political scientists
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The input – output analytical framework of the general systems theory was developed by _.
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Aristotle's work, The Polity compared -----
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The objective and rationall judgement about political system and the dispeling of the 'feeling of superiority of one country over another' is the bane of ------
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Comparative Politics studies the following but ---- --
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To say “Nigerians are not patriotic when in fact only some Nigerians may be and not all” in political argumentation is to have committed the error of fallacy of
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A Parliamentary system's two styles of two houses is called _.
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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 bane of systemmaintenance and regulation mode is the performance of _.
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The behavioural approach in political science is synonymous with -------
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The essence of comparing countries in comparative politics is geared towards -- ---
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What aligns with experiment in comparative approach to uncover relationships of cause and effect?
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A _is useful in comparative politics when observing and analyzing variations on a theme.
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Countries in particular geographical region of the world, such as Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America are well suited for _design.
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One of the differentiating feature between natural science and political science is the__.
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Which scientific method is rarely conducted in political science?
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