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

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2.

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

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3.

Theda Skocpol compared
the major revolutions of ----

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4.

Most Different Systems
Design in comparative
politics is akin to -----

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5.

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

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6.

The decline of
behaviouralism in the
1960's culminated into the
news perspetive conceived
as ------

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7.

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

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8.

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

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9.

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

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10.

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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11.

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

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12.

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

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

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To say “Nigerians are not
patriotic when in fact only
some Nigerians may be
and not all” in political
argumentation is to have
committed the error of
fallacy of

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15.

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.

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16.

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

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17.

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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18.

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

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19.

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

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20.

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

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21.

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

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22.

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

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23.

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

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24.

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

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

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

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The new approach that
emerged after the decline
of behavioural approach
was aimed at ------

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28.

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

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29.

Aristotle's famous typology
was based on two criteria
namely ----- and -----

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30.

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

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

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

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Legislatures with only one
house are known as
_.

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35.

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

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

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

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38.

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

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

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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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41.

With the advent of
behaviuoralism and the
post behavioural school,
gained increasing
importance to the study of
politics.

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42.

The father of comparative
politic is
_.

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43.

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

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44.

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

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45.

Nigeria became a true
federalism on
_by the
Constitution.

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46.

Dudley,and laski conceived
Politics as ----- of the
community in which all are
personally involved.

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The proponents of the
system theory identified
three components for every
political system namely
communities, regimes ,and

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

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

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

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51.

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

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52.

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

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53.

A word, term, or a label
which applies to a whole
class or category of ideas is
a
_.

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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 bane of systemmaintenance and regulation
mode is the performance of
_.

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56.

Political Science and
natural sciences seek to ----

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57.

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

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58.

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

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59.

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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60.

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

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61.

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

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62.

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

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63.

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

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64.

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

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65.

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

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The comparative study of
law or the legal system
refers to ------

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67.

To capture and analyse the
major political similarities
and differences between
countries is the focus of ----
--

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68.

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

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

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Which approach introduced
quantitative method of
analysis in political studies?

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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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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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73.

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

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

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The rule by the many for
the many is
_.

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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
_

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

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

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

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To Aristotle, people's
humanity can only be
experienced through
interaction with others in ----
--

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The traditional comparative
government has been
critiqued for being ------

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

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

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

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The two broad approaches
of political inquiry are
and
approaches

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

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

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

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

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Who is reputed as the
father of federalism?

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

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The exhibition of geopolitical structural
imbalance is typical of
_federalism.

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

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

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

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Logic is often associated
with
_.

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

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98.

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

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

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

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101.

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

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The following are important
traditional approaches in
comparative politics except
-----, legalistic and
institutional approaches

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

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104.

David Easton's input –
output analytical framework
was a unique systemic
approach developed for the
purpose of ------

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105.

The major function of a
theory is
_.

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106.

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

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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 ------

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108.

The acronym RMAFC
refers to
_in Nigeria.

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109.

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

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110.

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
_.

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

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112.

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

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

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The attainment of
community goals in a
political system is achieved
through the social
instrumentality of
_institutions.

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115.

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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116.

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

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117.

The formal systematic
study of the principles of
valid inference and correct
reasoning is
_.

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

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119.

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

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

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121.

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

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122.

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

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A crucial scientific principle
frequently violated by
comparative politics is the
principle 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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125.

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

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126.

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

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127.

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

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128.

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

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129.

The decline of the
intellectual force of
behaviouralism in the
1960's culminated into the -
---- in the study of politics.

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130.

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

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131.

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

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132.

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

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133.

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

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134.

The rule by many for the
common good refers to a

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The political community is
comprised of people bound
together by a
_division of labour

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136.

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

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137.

Harold Laswell equated
politics with -----

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138.

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

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139.

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

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140.

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

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141.

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

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

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143.

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

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144.

Which scientific method is
rarely conducted in political
science?

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145.

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

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146.

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

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147.

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

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148.

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

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149.

The Nigerian federalism is
traceable to the
constitution of 1946.

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150.

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

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