POL228

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 rule by the many for
the many is
_.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Theda Skocpol compared
the major revolutions of ----

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

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

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

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

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

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
_.

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 ------

Legislatures with only one
house are known as
_.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The acronym RMAFC
refers to
_in Nigeria.

The two broad approaches
of political inquiry are
and
approaches

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

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

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

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

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

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

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