POL228

Legislatures with only one
house are known as
_.

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

The main critique of
behaviouralism is none
other than that -----

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

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 ------

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The three methods of
country’s study in
comparative politics include
single – country studies,
and
.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Which method of analysis is
not a scientific method even
when it is one of the basic
specific methods in
comparative research?

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

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

The study of the political
structure and political
behavior of two countries in
comparative enquiry refers
to
_.

The ------ constitutes an
existing and challenging
area of concern in politics

Which system established
the presidency and the
legislature as two parallel
structures
_.

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

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

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

The explanation of the
difference between and
similarities among countries
is the premise of ------

Nigeria became a true
federalism on
_by the
Constitution.

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

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

The Structural Functional
Analysis is fundamentally
concerned with the -----

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

The emphasis on facts
rather than values in
comparative politics is a
prerogative of the -----

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

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

The acronym RMAFC
refers to
_in Nigeria.

A
_theory can be used to
explain the crisis in the
boko haram in the North or
the Niger Delta area of
Nigeria.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Nigerian federalism is
traceable to the
constitution of 1946.

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

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

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

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