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Thematic studies in
Comparative politics is
centred on all these except
------

Outputs in a political
system refers to -----

Which theory provides a
broad framework for the
examination of politics?

To capture and analyse the
major political similarities
and differences between
countries is the focus of ----
--

Aristotle's work, The Polity
compared -----

In comparative politics, the
comparing of very similar
cases that differ only in the
dependent variable refers
to ------

Statistical correlational
studies have been critiqued
on the grounds that ------

The development of ------
prompted the focus on the
impact of social forces on
government by political
scientists

The emphasis on facts
rather than values in
comparative politics is a
prerogative of the -----

The acronym RMAFC
refers to
_in Nigeria.

The ---- states that electoral
system based on single
member districts tend to
produce two parties.

Michel's 'iron law of
Oligarcy' support that all
groups and organizations
develop a hierarchical
structure of authority with --
----

The ‘master strategy’ as
proposed by Grander for
drawing inferences about
causation in any area of
study is the

Most of the developing
countries inherited the
_at independence by their
formal colonial
administrations

An important study of
politics is ------

In the parliamentary system
of government, the head of
government is the
_and the head of state
being
_.

The proponents of the
system theory identified
three components for every
political system namely
communities, regimes ,and

In order to gain knowledge
about single cases, the
approach is apt.

The term 'politics' was first
used by ----- to refer to the
affairs of a affairs of ------

Comparative Politics
studies the following but ----
--

Politics' is the search for the
good life is attributed to -----
-

Nigeria became a true
federalism on
_by the
Constitution.

Which political enquiry
approach focuses upon
philosophy, values and
norms?

The first major crossnational survey of attitudes
aimed at determining the
role of political culture in
maintaining the stability of
democratic regimes is
associated with -----

In which system of
government are legislative
functions seperate from
executive functions?

The main critique of
behaviouralism is none
other than that -----

There are three levels of
theory in comparative
analysis, namely:
_, middle, and low range
theories.

Aristotle's famous typology
was based on two criteria
namely ----- and -----

David Easton's input –
output analytical framework
was a unique systemic
approach developed for the
purpose of ------

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
_.

The bane of systemmaintenance and regulation
mode is the performance of
_.

Dudley,and laski conceived
Politics as ----- of the
community in which all are
personally involved.

The introduction of political
science heralded the focus
on the ------

Political Science and
natural sciences seek to ----

Mill's Method of Similarity
consists of comparing ------

Arend Lijphart divided the
parliamentary democracies
into two different systems
namely
and

The categorization into
legislation, execution and
the adjudication of law is
attributed to -----

Logic is often associated
with
_.

The rule by the many for
the many is
_.

A
_is useful in comparative
politics when observing and
analyzing variations on a
theme.

Nigerian federalism could
be said to have evolved
through a process of
_.

The mathematical
manipulation of quantitative
data about a large number
of cases refers to
_.

The familiar structures of
institutions of political
system include: interest
groups, political parties,
legislatures, executive,
bureaucracies and courts
are examples of
_.

Most Different Systems
Design in comparative
politics is akin to -----

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 ------

Aristotle's observation that
‘man by nature is a political
animal’ presupposes -----

To Aristotle, people's
humanity can only be
experienced through
interaction with others in ----
--

In political science, the
theory used to describe
how democracies are
supposed to work in
principle and in practice
refers to
_.

The theory of seperation of
powers is between ------

The remark “when a great
many people are unable to
find work, unemployment
results” attributed to
President Calvin Coolidge
is a
_.

The input – output
analytical framework of the
general systems theory was
developed by
_.

The explanation of the
difference between and
similarities among countries
is the premise of ------

Barrington Moore's thesis
on revolutions in England,
Russia and Japan (among
others) conluded that -----

The comparative study of
law or the legal system
refers to ------

The
_commission was
established to address the
functional inequalities in the
Nigerian federal system.

The attainment of
community goals in a
political system is achieved
through the social
instrumentality of
_institutions.

Which method of analysis is
not a scientific method even
when it is one of the basic
specific methods in
comparative research?

Political institutions
constitute the formal organs
of a state which include
structures

The essence of comparing
countries in comparative
politics is geared towards --
---

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

A Parliamentary system's
two styles of two houses is
called
_.

Aristotle as a traditional
comparative philosopher
was in ------

The traditional approach
embraces the ----- in
explaining any political
phenomenon.

The institutional approach
to political inquiry focuses
on the -----

In the components of
politics, the individuals who
exercise power as the
agents of the state at any
given time are referred to
as

The three methods of
country’s study in
comparative politics include
single – country studies,
and
.

Politics as 'who gets what,
when and how' underlines
the importance of ------

Adam Przensorski and
Henry Tenure proposed two
general approaches to the
comparative method
namely
and
_.

Institutions do not exist
physically apart from the ---
---

The two broad approaches
of political inquiry are
and
approaches

According to Barrington
Moore's thesis revolutions
by the elite result in ------

The goal of science of
politics is rooted in political
science and natural science
sharing the following
features except -----

The understanding of the
government and political
system of a country is
embedded in ------

Almond divided the inputs
list into four functional
requisites of: political
socialization and
recruitment, interestarticulation,
_and_.

Countries in particular
geographical region of the
world, such as Europe,
Asia, Africa, and Latin
America are well suited for
_design.

The fallacy of making
unwarranted inferences
from statistical data or other
facts, especially when
trying to establish causation
results in
_inference.

The term 'political science'
was first used by ----, a -----
political philosopher.

The following are important
traditional approaches in
comparative politics except
-----, legalistic and
institutional approaches

Aristotle adopted a
_classification scheme in
his analysis of 150
constitutions of the Greek
City states.

The ----- could be
encompassed within the
categories of legislation,
execution and the
adjudication of law

Generalizations or theories
which are capable of
explaining and predicting
political phenomena is ------

Which approach introduced
quantitative method of
analysis in political studies?

The theory that enables
scholars to test on a macro
level the micro level
empirical generalizations as
well as integrate existing
body of knowledge is
known as
_

The making and
implementation of binding
decisions about behaviour
or interaction in a society
occurs within a

A bicameral legislature
possesses two separate
chambers, usually
described as
and
_.

One of the following is NOT
an approach in political
science -----

Which approach relies on
measurements and
observation rather than
theory or norm?

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
_.

Regional or area studies in
comparative politics involve
study of similar ----

The inputs analyzed in a
political system refers to ----

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 ------

The Nigerian federalism is
traceable to the
constitution of 1946.

The term “logic” originated
from Greek word
_which means the art and
science of reasoning

The study of the political
structure and political
behavior of two countries in
comparative enquiry refers
to
_.

Which scientific method is
rarely conducted in political
science?

According to Aristotle, the
'constitutions' of monarchy,
aristocracy, and polity are --
---

The understanding of
politics is premised on the
view of politics as ------ and
----- according to Stephen
Giliat.

One of the differentiating
feature between natural
science and political
science is the__.

Politics goes beyond the
activity of government,
political parties and
politicians to include ----

With respect to resource
control, the contrast
between Nigerian and
American federalism
experience is
_federalism.

The behavioural approach
in political science is
synonymous with -------

The legislation, execution
and the adjudication of law
categorization is premised
on the assumption that -----

Which theory presupposes
that a political system is
often made up of several
structures which are
“patterns of action and
resultant institutions”?

All but ----- constituted the
philosophers of the
renaissance period in the
era of the rebirth or revival
of Comparative Politics in
Europe

Theda Skocpol compared
the major revolutions of ----

Harold Laswell equated
politics with -----

The error of explaining
something in terms of one
sole cause when there may
possibilities of other causes
refers to
_.

During the traditional
Developmental epoch the
focus of comparative
politics was on the -----

The primary component of
a regime in every political
system consist of
_and

The system of government
wherein the head of
government is both de facto
chief executive and chief
legislator refers to
_.

The political community is
comprised of people bound
together by a
_division of labour

With the advent of
behaviuoralism and the
post behavioural school,
gained increasing
importance to the study of
politics.

A crucial scientific principle
frequently violated by
comparative politics is the
principle of
_.

The exhibition of geopolitical structural
imbalance is typical of
_federalism.

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
_

The decline of the
intellectual force of
behaviouralism in the
1960's culminated into the -
---- in the study of politics.

The most similar systems
design strategy in
comparative research is
also known as ------

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.

The hierarchical
management of offices and
agencies having certain
functions and powers refers
to -----

The ------ constitutes an
existing and challenging
area of concern in politics

The comprehensive study
of democracies around the
world was embarked upon
by ------

Legislatures with only one
house are known as
_.

A simplified representation
of reality in descriptive or
abstract form refers to a
_.

The traditional comparative
government has been
critiqued for being ------

The father of comparative
politic is
_.

In 1946, Nigeria was
divided into three groups of
North, West, and
_.

What aligns with
experiment in comparative
approach to uncover
relationships of cause and
effect?

The new approach that
emerged after the decline
of behavioural approach
was aimed at ------

The decline of
behaviouralism in the
1960's culminated into the
news perspetive conceived
as ------

Who is reputed as the
father of federalism?

The major function of a
theory is
_.

A word, term, or a label
which applies to a whole
class or category of ideas is
a
_.

The use of neither the
experimental nor the
statistical method in
analysis is employed in the

Most of the developing
countries inherited the
_at independence by their
formal colonial
administrations.

In comparative politics the
focus on voting behaviours,
political stability, political
elite and leaders refers to

The Greek idea 'polis'
refers to ------

Aristotle posits that corrupt
types of constitutions are
typical of -----

The ----- approach is
critiqued as narrow and
parochial.

A
_theory can be used to
explain the crisis in the
boko haram in the North or
the Niger Delta area of
Nigeria.

The philosophical approach
in political science is
focuced is on -----

The term 'politics' was first
introduced in a book -----

The formal systematic
study of the principles of
valid inference and correct
reasoning is
_.

Skopcol's purpose of
comparism was to find
possible ----- in explaining
the phenomenon of political
revolution.

The theory that explains the
role of political elites, and
makes explanatory
generalizations about their
social backgrounds and
political perceptions is the
_.

The Structural Functional
Analysis is fundamentally
concerned with the -----

Revolutions by the
bourgeoisie according to
Barrington Moore result in -
----

The rule by many for the
common good refers to a

Politics as 'who gets what,
when and how' is attributed
to -----

A
is a set of propositions
and/or hypothesis that are
logically related to each
other.

Which system established
the presidency and the
legislature as two parallel
structures
_.