The Military and Politics Past Questions
UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2007/2008 ACADEMY SESSION
TIME ALLOWED: 3HRS
Pol. Sc. 411: The Military and Politics
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ANY THREE QUESTION
- Trace the historical development of the Nigerian state and account for the hegemony of military dictate in Nigerian politics.
- Explain the consequences of the distortions of colonial-dependent capitalism for the Westernization of political development in Nigeria.
- Highlight the main theoretical argument of the liberal perspective on military intervention in politics and explain their analytic utility and emancipator power.
- In The celectr and pss views constitute an improvement on the liberal perspective on military intervention in politics. Comment.
- Discuss the pooo of ‘diarchy’ and its implications for the appreciation of civil-military relationship in the politics of human societies.
- Adopt useful criteria and assess the linkage of military rule to modernization and national ooool
- Critically examine political recruitment and political participation under military rule in Nigeria.
- Write an appraisal of the performance of military dictatorships in governance.