POL228

Politics as 'who gets what,
when and how' is attributed
to -----

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

Michel's 'iron law of
Oligarcy' support that all
groups and organizations
develop a hierarchical
structure of authority with --
----

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

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

The acronym RMAFC
refers to
_in Nigeria.

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

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

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

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

The theory that enables
scholars to test on a macro
level the micro level
empirical generalizations as
well as integrate existing
body of knowledge is
known as
_

In the components of
politics, the individuals who
exercise power as the
agents of the state at any
given time are referred to
as

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

The two broad approaches
of political inquiry are
and
approaches

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 ------

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

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

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

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

A Parliamentary system's
two styles of two houses is
called
_.

One of the following is NOT
an approach in political
science -----

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

Richard Jesen's aversion
that the motto of his
generation of political
scientists was ‘history is
past politics and politics
present history’ portrayed
political science as ------

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

The error of explaining
something in terms of one
sole cause when there may
possibilities of other causes
refers to
_.

The most similar systems
design strategy in
comparative research is
also known as ------

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

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

Generalizations or theories
which are capable of
explaining and predicting
political phenomena is ------

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

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

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

The rule by many for the
common good refers to a

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Harold Laswell equated
politics with -----

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

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

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

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

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

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

The term 'politics' was first
introduced in a book -----