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POL228
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Theda Skocpol compared the major revolutions of ----
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In comparative politics the focus on voting behaviours, political stability, political elite and leaders refers to
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Thematic studies in Comparative politics is centred on all these except ------
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Which system established the presidency and the legislature as two parallel structures _.
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The philosophical approach in political science is focuced is on -----
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The most similar systems design strategy in comparative research is also known as ------
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Most of the developing countries inherited the _at independence by their formal colonial administrations
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A Parliamentary system's two styles of two houses is called _.
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The input – output analytical framework of the general systems theory was developed by _.
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Which political enquiry approach focuses upon philosophy, values and norms?
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The traditional comparative government has been critiqued for being ------
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The three methods of country’s study in comparative politics include single – country studies, and .
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An important study of politics is ------
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Barrington Moore's thesis on revolutions in England, Russia and Japan (among others) conluded that -----
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Which scientific method is rarely conducted in political science?
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In comparative politics, the comparing of very similar cases that differ only in the dependent variable refers to ------
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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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Most Different Systems Design in comparative politics is akin to -----
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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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According to Barrington Moore's thesis revolutions by the elite result in ------
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A is a set of propositions and/or hypothesis that are logically related to each other.
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The ----- could be encompassed within the categories of legislation, execution and the adjudication of law
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The inputs analyzed in a political system refers to ----
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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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Who is reputed as the father 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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Michel's 'iron law of Oligarcy' support that all groups and organizations develop a hierarchical structure of authority with -- ----
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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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The mathematical manipulation of quantitative data about a large number of cases refers to _.
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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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Revolutions by the bourgeoisie according to Barrington Moore result in - ----
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The primary component of a regime in every political system consist of _and
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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 crucial scientific principle frequently violated by comparative politics is the principle of _.
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Politics' is the search for the good life is attributed to ----- -
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Mill's Method of Similarity consists of comparing ------
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The comparative study of law or the legal system refers to ------
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The term 'politics' was first introduced in a book -----
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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 main critique of behaviouralism is none other than that -----
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Aristotle posits that corrupt types of constitutions are typical of -----
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Which theory provides a broad framework for the examination of politics?
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Harold Laswell equated politics with -----
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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 essence of comparing countries in comparative politics is geared towards -- ---
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Outputs in a political system refers to -----
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The exhibition of geopolitical structural imbalance is typical of _federalism.
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The hierarchical management of offices and agencies having certain functions and powers 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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A simplified representation of reality in descriptive or abstract form refers to a _.
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