2017 - WAEC Government Past Questions and Answers - page 3

Social rights: the rights to an adequate standard of living, adequate housing, and food; the right to the highest attainable standard of health; the rights to education and social security. 

Assimilation (French colonialism) Assimilation was one ideological basis ofFrench colonial policy in the 19th and 20th centuries. In contrast with British imperialpolicy, the French taught their subjects that, by adopting French language and culture, they could eventually become French. It was succesful in lome

This doctrine signifies the fact that one person or body of persons should not exercise all the three powers of the government. The theory of Doctrine of Separation of Power was first propounded by Montesquieu, a French scholar in and 1747 published in his book 'Espirit des Louis' (The spirit of the laws).

The following are some of the methods used by pressure groups to achieve their objectives

• Demonstration /Protes
• Work-to rule
• Strike
• Boycott 
• Special Publication 
• Debates and symposia/workshop
• Propaganda /Letters to the Press
• Lobbying
• Presentation of gift
• Alliance With political parties and candidates who are perceived to be sumpathelic to their cause.  
• Sending a delegation
• Ultimatum

Government is the group of people with the authority to govern a country or state

Functions of political parties

• Mobilize Voters. 
• Facilitate Governance. 
• Monitor the Opposing Party in Power.
• Nominate candidates,
• raise and spend campaign funds
• register voters
• simplify decisions for voters
• unify diverse interest
• act as moderating influence on government
• reduce diffusion of power in government provide patronage
• inform public through party platforms
• Agents of political socialization
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A presidential system is a democratic and republican system of government where a head of government leads an executive branch that is separate from the legislative branch. This head of government is in most cases also the head of state, which is called president.

A constitution is an aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity, and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed.