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POL228
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The exhibition of geopolitical structural imbalance is typical of _federalism.
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Aristotle's work, The Polity compared -----
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Generalizations or theories which are capable of explaining and predicting political phenomena is ------
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The two broad approaches of political inquiry are and approaches
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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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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 mathematical manipulation of quantitative data about a large number of cases refers to _.
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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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With the advent of behaviuoralism and the post behavioural school, gained increasing importance to the study of politics.
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The major function of a theory is _.
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The term 'politics' was first used by ----- to refer to the affairs of a affairs of ------
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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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In order to gain knowledge about single cases, the approach is apt.
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Political Science and natural sciences seek to ----
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The understanding of the government and political system of a country is embedded in ------
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The categorization into legislation, execution and the adjudication of law is attributed to -----
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The philosophical approach in political science is focuced is on -----
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Revolutions by the bourgeoisie according to Barrington Moore result in - ----
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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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Aristotle posits that corrupt types of constitutions are typical of -----
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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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The formal systematic study of the principles of valid inference and correct reasoning is _.
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A bicameral legislature possesses two separate chambers, usually described as and _.
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The political community is comprised of people bound together by a _division of labour
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Barrington Moore's thesis on revolutions in England, Russia and Japan (among others) conluded that -----
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Theda Skocpol compared the major revolutions of ----
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Regional or area studies in comparative politics involve study of similar ----
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Institutions do not exist physically apart from the --- ---
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The essence of comparing countries in comparative politics is geared towards -- ---
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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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Which system established the presidency and the legislature as two parallel structures _.
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Aristotle's famous typology was based on two criteria namely ----- and -----
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Statistical correlational studies have been critiqued on the grounds that ------
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The introduction of political science heralded the focus on the ------
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Adam Przensorski and Henry Tenure proposed two general approaches to the comparative method namely and _.
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In comparative politics the focus on voting behaviours, political stability, political elite and leaders refers to
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Legislatures with only one house are known as _.
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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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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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Mill's Method of Similarity consists of comparing ------
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The theory of seperation of powers is between ------
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The hierarchical management of offices and agencies having certain functions and powers refers to -----
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Thematic studies in Comparative politics is centred on all these except ------
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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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The rule by many for the common good refers to a
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The ----- approach is critiqued as narrow and parochial.
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The use of neither the experimental nor the statistical method in analysis is employed in the
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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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According to Barrington Moore's thesis revolutions by the elite result in ------
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Dudley,and laski conceived Politics as ----- of the community in which all are personally involved.
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