Core
PAD305:Elements of Government
This course is a three-credit unit course for undergraduate students in School of Management Sciences. The materials have been developed to meet global standards. This course guide gives you an overview of the course. It also provides you with relevant information on the organization and requirements of the course.
What Will You Learn?
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On successful completion of the course, you should be able to:
a) Define the nature, scope, forms and functions of government, and be able to make contrast or distinction between one form of government and another.
b) Know the different institutions of government, their functions and relationships as well as their mutual dependence in the performance of most of these functions.
c) Understand that the process of government is guided by certain rules and principles, and that violation or breach of them will make government perform sub-optimally or its functionaries lose their legitimacy.
d) Know that each country operate different forms of government, and that every country decided to adopt a particular system of government because it is suitable for its peculiar circumstances, and also because it has evolved, historically, in response to the specific needs of such society.
e) Explain, using Nigeria as a case study, how the different linkage devises such as political parties and pressure groups developed historically, taking you through their travails and triumphs, till date.