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A science of politics has been critiqued as difficult because of the imposition of human ------
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Which form of government does the executive hold office for a fixed term and can be removed from office through a process of impeachment?
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Who pioneered the structural-functionalist approach?
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Who formulated a theory of justice? ------
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The subject matter of the state, its evolution, organization and purpose has been the bane of -----
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The movement that is against dominance for quantitative and mathematical methodology in political science is ------
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The focus on facts is the hallmark of the ------- approach.
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posited that the state has a 'monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force in enforcing its order within a given territorial area'
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All of the following were pioneering personalities in the Chicago school of Political Science except ---- ---
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The exogeneous strand of the rational choice Approach explores the effects of
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The process by which the scientist forms a theory to explain the observed facts is known as
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The theory which aids the understanding of a political phenomena is regarded as
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The resort to force and violence and military conflict as politics by other means was propounded by the -------
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According to David Easto politics is an output of the _system
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The role of theory in political analysis is to ------
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The support of a regime because of an emotional identification with the personality of the leader of the regime presupposes
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Which approach to the study of politics is concerned with the discovery and application of moral notions in political relations and practice?
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All of the following problems necessitated the re-orientation of the study of Political Science except - ----
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The interactions in any society through which binding or authouritative allocations are made refers to _theory
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A political culture which explains the political involvement of citizens or lack thereof in democratic states is conceived as
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A is a concept for understanding the framing and structing of knowledge production in the natural sciences
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The sovereignity of a state presupposes ------
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The quest for objectivity and neutrality in political analysis refers to ------
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The implication of the supremacy of the state i
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The following are examples of variables except ----
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The grouping of similarities and differences into sets is known as ------
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All of the following are popular concepts in political science except ------
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What essential feature is paramount in the analysis of constitutional and formal organizations? ------
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An explicit set of values that orients people in society in terms of what they can expect from government and what government should do for them and society refers to
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The reformists in political science proposed the following except -----
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What is a unit that may serve as an abstraction or general notion?
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The quest for objectivity and neutrality in political analysis refers to
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Which approach in political science is rooted in the discovery and application of moral notions in the sphere of political relations and practice? ------
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Thomas Hobbes supported monarchical sovereignty because of his claim that it keeps society ------
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The stating of testable law like terms refer to ------
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THe following are variables except ------
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The evaluation of whether a government is fully democratic or less includes all the following except ------
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Which factors precipitated the emergence of the behavioural movement except _?
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The following are types of definitions in political science inquiry except ------ -
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Plato concieved elders as -- ---- and younger men as ---- --
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Marx argued that every society is interlocked in a --- --- struggle between__in society.
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Which theory can be deduced from principles before being tested? -------
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The major work of political philosophy known as a 'Theory of Justice' is associated with ------
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The theory which deals with normative specifications of what and how policies ought to be is -----
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Which approach investigates power and control as well as analyses elite and non-elite _differentiation?
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The behaviourists'over enthusiastic pursuit of quantitative and scientific techniques fostered _methodism
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The approach to the study of the rules, procedures and formal organizations of the political system and their impact on political practice is conceived as ---- ---
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Semantic analysis is also known as
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Plato concieved elders as and younger men as
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The concept of rule of law refers to
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