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POL126
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1. In a society fragmented into
‘contrasting interests’ the
state needs to ------
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2. The text 'A Theory of
Justice' is credited to
_.
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3. The notion that the state is
a ‘neutral, though coercive,
force’ is a proposition by ----
-- theorists
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4. One of the conditions of
civil society is that the state
------
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5. The valid social contract for
all in a political system is
based on the
and
_which a citizen is entitled
to within a given state.
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6. Regionalization in Nigeria
was instituted in the bid to
operationalize the
_principle.
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7. The social contract theory
of Rousseau was inspired
by -----
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8. Positive rights or positive
liberty implies ------
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9. The proponents of natural
justice advocate for political
rights being sacred and
sacrosanct in order to -----
of the state.
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10. Nigeria was amalgamated
in 1914 by sir
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11. For rights to be legal and
enforceable it must be
recognised as law by the
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12. The state has to transcend
being a “set of broad
organizing principles which
constitutes the enduring
and continuous pattern of
rule and governance” into a
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13. The principle of fairness
and the principle of natural
duties are notions which
constitute the bane of
_obligation.
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14. _liberty motivates purposes
which are rationally selfdetermined, as opposed to
irrational passions.
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15. This principle of justice in
political obligation is
associated with the general
administration of
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16. The
_theory provided a basis for
articulating limited political
obligation.
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17. In the
_theory John Locke argued
that man had liberties and
rights that antedated
political society.
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18. The tradition of atomistic
individualism in Western
societies presupposes that
the state should be -----
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19. The provision of economic
and social goods by the
state to the poor citizens
makes the state a
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20. The ----- are the essential
attributes a state provides
its citizens.
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21. The duties of fidelity,
reparation, gratitude, justice
are some of examples of
prima facie duties based on
_relations.
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22. According to Hegel, the
state is a rational order
which exists, essentially, to
achieve ----
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23. The implication of states
being members of African
Union (AU), United Nations
(UN) is that the state will be
------ of the international
organization.
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24. This differentiates the
modern state from the
feudal or traditional society:
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25. The most significant
component of British
constitutional bill of rights is
the great charter of
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26. The emergence of rights is
traceable to the doctrine of
natural
_of man
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27. The process which
encompasses the practice
of quotas, set-asides,
weighing gender as a
priority with the objective of
enhancing equal
opportunity is known as
_action
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28. The ---- is capable of
regulating and affecting the
actions of man, including
that of the state.
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29. African societies have
argued that the ------ nature
of their society has been
the basis for the denial of
inalienable rights. to
individual citizens.
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30. This is one of the attributes
of rights: ------
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31. The condition of 'warre' in
the state of nature means
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32. The claim which the
individual can make both on
the state as well as on
other citizens is known as
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33. The ----- is greater than an
individual or any of it
constituent units.
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34. The state is bound by the
supreme law of the land
called the
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35. The ----- theory of the state
is adjudged as old
fashioned.
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36. The competition for and
appropriation of offices of
the state for the benefit of
individual occupants and
their support groups is
known as
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37. Civil Society means a form
of__
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38. and
_are the two perspectives
of liberty by Isaiah Berlin.
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39. Negative and Positive rights
are two natures of
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40. The bill of
_is the entitlement which no
just government should
refuse its citizens
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41. The duties of fidelity, of
reparation, of gratitude, of
justice, and of selfimprovement are examples
of -----
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42. The placing of the individual
at the centre of the society
presupposes ------
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43. The ----- is larger than the
political system.
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44. is the tendency on the part
of states to reserve their
public services exclusively
in the hands of their
indigenes or expendable
foreigners and ‘nonindigenes.
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45. National defence, good
roads, health programmes,
law and order are examples
of ------
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46. Which political system
guarantees fundamental
human rights?
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47. The ------ concept assumes
that nothing is desired for
its own sake, except
pleasure.
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48. The ultimate factor in moral
decisions and actions is not
necessarily the ‘good’ act,
but rather in the ------
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49. The ----- theory conceived
the State as an extension of
the family.
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50. The entitlement of a set of
rights and obligations
confers the status of
on the individual.
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