POL228

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

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 ------

Politics goes beyond the
activity of government,
political parties and
politicians to include ----

Who is reputed as the
father of federalism?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
_.

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

The Greek idea 'polis'
refers to ------

In political science, the
theory used to describe
how democracies are
supposed to work in
principle and in practice
refers to
_.

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

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

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

The exhibition of geopolitical structural
imbalance is typical of
_federalism.

Harold Laswell equated
politics with -----

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

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

According to Aristotle, the
'constitutions' of monarchy,
aristocracy, and polity are --
---

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

The legislation, execution
and the adjudication of law
categorization is premised
on the assumption that -----

The ----- could be
encompassed within the
categories of legislation,
execution and the
adjudication of law

Which approach introduced
quantitative method of
analysis in political studies?

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

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

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

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

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

Politics as 'who gets what,
when and how' underlines
the importance of ------

According to Barrington
Moore's thesis revolutions
by the elite result in ------

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

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

The remark “when a great
many people are unable to
find work, unemployment
results” attributed to
President Calvin Coolidge
is a
_.

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

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

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

The hierarchical
management of offices and
agencies having certain
functions and powers refers
to -----

Qualitative comparison of
many counties is more
difficult than quantitative
comparison as evidenced in
Finer’s (1997) attempt to
compare
_types over 5,000 years.

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

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

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

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

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
_

The term 'politics' was first
used by ----- to refer to the
affairs of a affairs of ------