POL228

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.

Who is reputed as the
father of federalism?

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

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

The Nigerian federalism is
traceable to the
constitution of 1946.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
_.

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

Logic is often associated
with
_.

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

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

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

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

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

The major function of a
theory is
_.

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

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

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

The rule by the many for
the many is
_.

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

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
_

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which scientific method is
rarely conducted in political
science?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The rule by many for the
common good refers to a

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

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

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