POL228

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

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

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

A bicameral legislature
possesses two separate
chambers, usually
described as
and
_.

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

The philosophical approach
in political science is
focuced is on -----

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

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

What aligns with
experiment in comparative
approach to uncover
relationships of cause and
effect?

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

The familiar structures of
institutions of political
system include: interest
groups, political parties,
legislatures, executive,
bureaucracies and courts
are examples of
_.

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

Aristotle adopted a
_classification scheme in
his analysis of 150
constitutions of the Greek
City states.

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

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

The traditional approach
embraces the ----- in
explaining any political
phenomenon.

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
_.

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

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

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

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

Which approach introduced
quantitative method of
analysis in political studies?

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 ------

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

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

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
_

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

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

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

Legislatures with only one
house are known as
_.

Statistical correlational
studies have been critiqued
on the grounds that ------

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

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

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

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

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

An important study of
politics is ------

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

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.

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

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

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

The Nigerian federalism is
traceable to the
constitution of 1946.

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

The institutional approach
to political inquiry focuses
on the -----

A
is a set of propositions
and/or hypothesis that are
logically related to each
other.

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

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

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

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