POL228

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

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

Legislatures with only one
house are known as
_.

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

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

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

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

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

Which approach introduced
quantitative method of
analysis in political studies?

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

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

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

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

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

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 -----

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The exhibition of geopolitical structural
imbalance is typical of
_federalism.

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

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

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

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

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

Nigeria became a true
federalism on
_by the
Constitution.

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

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

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

Who is reputed as the
father of federalism?

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

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

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

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

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

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 ------

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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