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The bane of systemmaintenance and regulation mode is the performance of _.
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Revolutions by the bourgeoisie according to Barrington Moore result in - ----
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To Aristotle, people's humanity can only be experienced through interaction with others in ---- --
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In the components of politics, the individuals who exercise power as the agents of the state at any given time are referred to as
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The three methods of country’s study in comparative politics include single – country studies, and .
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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 _.
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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 -----
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Political Science and natural sciences seek to ----
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A Parliamentary system's two styles of two houses is called _.
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The Greek idea 'polis' refers to ------
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All but ----- constituted the philosophers of the renaissance period in the era of the rebirth or revival of Comparative Politics in Europe
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Most Different Systems Design in comparative politics is akin to -----
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One of the differentiating feature between natural science and political science is the__.
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The introduction of political science heralded the focus on the ------
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The main critique of behaviouralism is none other than that -----
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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 ------
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The rule by many for the common good refers to a
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The philosophical approach in political science is focuced is on -----
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In political science, the theory used to describe how democracies are supposed to work in principle and in practice refers to _.
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In comparative politics the focus on voting behaviours, political stability, political elite and leaders refers to
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Statistical correlational studies have been critiqued on the grounds that ------
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Politics goes beyond the activity of government, political parties and politicians to include ----
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There are three levels of theory in comparative analysis, namely: _, middle, and low range theories.
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The primary component of a regime in every political system consist of _and
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The formal systematic study of the principles of valid inference and correct reasoning is _.
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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 _
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Aristotle's observation that ‘man by nature is a political animal’ presupposes -----
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Which scientific method is rarely conducted in political science?
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In 1946, Nigeria was divided into three groups of North, West, and _.
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The _commission was established to address the functional inequalities in the Nigerian federal system.
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One of the following is NOT an approach in political science -----
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The exhibition of geopolitical structural imbalance is typical of _federalism.
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Dudley,and laski conceived Politics as ----- of the community in which all are personally involved.
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Comparative Politics studies the following but ---- --
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Which political enquiry approach focuses upon philosophy, values and norms?
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Aristotle posits that corrupt types of constitutions are typical of -----
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The theory that explains the role of political elites, and makes explanatory generalizations about their social backgrounds and political perceptions is the _.
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According to Barrington Moore's thesis revolutions by the elite result in ------
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Aristotle as a traditional comparative philosopher was in ------
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The term 'politics' was first used by ----- to refer to the affairs of a affairs of ------
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Which system established the presidency and the legislature as two parallel structures _.
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The following are important traditional approaches in comparative politics except -----, legalistic and institutional approaches
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Nigerian federalism could be said to have evolved through a process of _.
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The ----- approach is critiqued as narrow and parochial.
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To capture and analyse the major political similarities and differences between countries is the focus of ---- --
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The term 'political science' was first used by ----, a ----- political philosopher.
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The use of neither the experimental nor the statistical method in analysis is employed in the
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Outputs in a political system refers to -----
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The fallacy of making unwarranted inferences from statistical data or other facts, especially when trying to establish causation results in _inference.
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The system of government wherein the head of government is both de facto chief executive and chief legislator refers to _.
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