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 POWER SHARING
power sharing is necessary to ensure the
stability
of political order in a democracy. It is desirable
to
reduce the possibility of conflict between social
groups. It ensures stability of government and
unity of the nation.

FORMS OF POWER SHARING

power sharing can be between
organs of government
Social groups
Government at different levels
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Political parties and pressure groups

 ORGANS OF GOVERNMENT
In democracy, power is shared among different
organs of government such as legislature,
executive and judiciary. legislature makes laws,
executive enforces those laws and judiciary
interprets those laws. This result in balance of
power among various organs of government.
SOCIAL GROUPS
power may also shared among different social
groups such as religious and linguistic groups.
community government in belgium is a good
example
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 GOVERNMENT AT DIFFERENT LEVELS

in federal form of government, power is shared
between the central government and the government
of the units.

POLITICAL PARTIES AND PRESSURE

GROUPS
power sharing arrangement can also be seen in the
way political parties, pressure groups and movement
control or influence power. This can be seen when a
coalition government is formed where power is
shared by various political parties.
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POWER SHARING MADE

IN BELGIUM

belgium is a small coumtry in europe whose population

is about one crore only. Of the countrys total population
about 59% lives in the flemish region and speak dutch
language. About 40% speak french and the remaining
about 1% speak german language.
In the capital city of brussels 80% people speak french
while only 20% are dutch-speaking people.
the minority-french speaking community was rich and
powerful which was resented by the dutch-speaking
community. This lead to tension between the two
communities during the 1950s and 1960s. Another cause
of tension was that although the dutch-speaking people
constituted a majority in the country.
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 In spite of these diversities

and tensions the belgium
leaders decided to make an
arrangement for power
sharing.
The features of this
arrangements are : The constitution provides that
the no of dutch and frenchspeaking ministers shall be
equal in the central
government.
Brussels has a separate
government in which both the
communities have equal
representation.
many powers of the central
government have been given
to the state government for
the two regions of the country.
The state governments are not
subordinate to the central
government.
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Flemish(dutch-speaking)
Germanspeaking

Brussel-capital
region
Walloon(french
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speaking)

POWER SHARING IN SRI

LANKA

Sri lanka is an island nation, just a few kilometers

away from southern coast of tamil nadu. It has about
2 crore people. It has a diverse population.the major
social groups are the sinhala-speakers of about 74
per cent and the tamil-speakers of about 18 per cent.
Among tamils there are two sub-groups. Tamil
natives of the country are called sri lankan tamils of
about 13 per cent.
Sri lanka become an independent country in 1948.
They tried to ignore the tamils. In 1956, a law was
passed in declaring sinhala as the national language.
Preference was given to sinhalese in government
jobs and universities. A provision Was made in the
constitution for giving preference to buddhism.
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 As a result these measures conflicts

started between the sinhalase and tamils.
Tamils organised themselves and started
their struggle against these measures.
This lead to a civil war in the country in
which thousands of people have
been
Sri lankan
tamils
killed and a large no of themSinhalese
have settled
in other countries after leaving their own
homeland.
Indian tamil
muslim

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ACCOMODATION IN
BELGIUM
Between 1970 and 1993, they amended their constituents
four times.
Constitution prescribes that the french and dutchspeaking ministers shall be equal in the central
government.
the central government powers have been given to the
state government of the two regions of the country.
The state government power are not controlled by the
autharity of the central government.
The french-speaking people accepted the equal
representation due to the dutch-speaking people
accepted the equal representation of central government.

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DESIRABLE OF POWER
SHARING
PRUDENTIAL REASON
Prudential reason for power sharing is
good because it helps to reduce
possibility of conflict between social
groups.
In india, this has been done by reserving
seats in the legislatures and government
services for members belonging to
scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.

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MORAL REASON

Moral power for shaaring is good for democracies

because it is the very spirit of democracy.
People have a right to be consulted on how they
are to be governed.
In india members from different political parties
get elected to the legislature and participate in
the working of the government.
A legitimate government is one where citizens
through participation, acquire a stake in the
system.
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 EXAMPLES OF POWER SHARING

The bombay high court ordered the maharashtra
state government to immediately take action
and improve living condition for the 2,000-odd
children at seven childrens homes in mumbai.
the finance ministers of various states in nigeria
got together and demanded that the federal
government declare its sources of income. They
also wanted to know the formula by whichthe
revenue is distributed to various state
government.
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