POL228

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

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

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

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

Legislatures with only one
house are known as
_.

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

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

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

Skopcol's purpose of
comparism was to find
possible ----- in explaining
the phenomenon of political
revolution.

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

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

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

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

The behavioural approach
in political science is
synonymous with -------

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

Harold Laswell equated
politics with -----

Nigerian federalism could
be said to have evolved
through a process of
_.

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

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

The introduction of political
science heralded the focus
on the ------

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The major function of a
theory is
_.

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

Who is reputed as the
father of federalism?

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

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

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

One of the differentiating
feature between natural
science and political
science is the__.

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

The acronym RMAFC
refers to
_in Nigeria.

Nigeria became a true
federalism on
_by the
Constitution.

The father of comparative
politic is
_.

Logic is often associated
with
_.

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

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

Political Science and
natural sciences seek to ----

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

In order to gain knowledge
about single cases, the
approach is apt.

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

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

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

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