POWER SHARING
Power Sharing: -
✓ A policy agreed between political parties or within a coalition to share
responsibility for decision-making and political action.
✓ Power sharing among the three organs of state viz, Legislature,
Executive and Judiciary is very important for proper functioning of the
democracy.
Ethnic: -
✓ A social division based on shared culture. People belonging to the same
ethnic group, believe in their common descent because of similarities of
physical type or of culture or both. They need not always have the same
religion or nationality.
Majoritarianism: -
✓ It means a belief that the majority community should be able to rule a
country in whichever way it wants, by disregarding the wishes and needs
of the minority, e.g., Sri Lanka opted for majoritarianism, in which
majority Sinhala rule the country.
Belgium: -
✓ Belgium is a small federal state in Western Europe, smaller in area than
the state of Haryana.
✓ Having complex ethnic composition.
✓ Belgium shares borders with Netherlands, France, Germany and
Luxembourg.
Ethnic structure of Belgian society: -
✓ The minority French speaking community (40%) was relatively rich and
powerful while the Dutch-speaking community (59%) got the benefit of
development and education much later.
, ✓ The capital of Belgium is Brussels, where 80% people speak French,
while 20% speak Dutch language.
✓ The minority French speaking community was relatively rich and
powerful.
✓ Minority French speaking community being relatively prosperous and
powerful.
✓ In Brussels, the capital of Belgium, the French speaking people are in
majority.
✓ The power has been into the hands of French people for a longer period
and benefitted them for economic development and education.
✓ The French speaking population was better read, more qualified and had
access to more resources than the native Dutch Population.
✓ The French were part of an aristocracy of trades man and thus were
financially strong.
Tensions between the French and Dutch Communities: -
✓ The social disparity led to tensions between Dutch and French speaking
communities during the 1950s and 1960s.
Causes of conflict in Belgium: -
✓ The minority French speaking community was relatively rich and
powerful.
✓ This was resented by the Dutch speaking community, who got the
benefits of economic development and education much later.
✓ This led to tension between the Dutch and French speaking
communities.
Steps taken to Remove Tensions in Belgium: -
✓ Equal number of Dutch and French-speaking ministers in central
government.
✓ Wide powers to state governments; State governments are not
subordinate to the central government.
✓ Separate government in Brussels in which both the communities have
equal representation.
Power Sharing: -
✓ A policy agreed between political parties or within a coalition to share
responsibility for decision-making and political action.
✓ Power sharing among the three organs of state viz, Legislature,
Executive and Judiciary is very important for proper functioning of the
democracy.
Ethnic: -
✓ A social division based on shared culture. People belonging to the same
ethnic group, believe in their common descent because of similarities of
physical type or of culture or both. They need not always have the same
religion or nationality.
Majoritarianism: -
✓ It means a belief that the majority community should be able to rule a
country in whichever way it wants, by disregarding the wishes and needs
of the minority, e.g., Sri Lanka opted for majoritarianism, in which
majority Sinhala rule the country.
Belgium: -
✓ Belgium is a small federal state in Western Europe, smaller in area than
the state of Haryana.
✓ Having complex ethnic composition.
✓ Belgium shares borders with Netherlands, France, Germany and
Luxembourg.
Ethnic structure of Belgian society: -
✓ The minority French speaking community (40%) was relatively rich and
powerful while the Dutch-speaking community (59%) got the benefit of
development and education much later.
, ✓ The capital of Belgium is Brussels, where 80% people speak French,
while 20% speak Dutch language.
✓ The minority French speaking community was relatively rich and
powerful.
✓ Minority French speaking community being relatively prosperous and
powerful.
✓ In Brussels, the capital of Belgium, the French speaking people are in
majority.
✓ The power has been into the hands of French people for a longer period
and benefitted them for economic development and education.
✓ The French speaking population was better read, more qualified and had
access to more resources than the native Dutch Population.
✓ The French were part of an aristocracy of trades man and thus were
financially strong.
Tensions between the French and Dutch Communities: -
✓ The social disparity led to tensions between Dutch and French speaking
communities during the 1950s and 1960s.
Causes of conflict in Belgium: -
✓ The minority French speaking community was relatively rich and
powerful.
✓ This was resented by the Dutch speaking community, who got the
benefits of economic development and education much later.
✓ This led to tension between the Dutch and French speaking
communities.
Steps taken to Remove Tensions in Belgium: -
✓ Equal number of Dutch and French-speaking ministers in central
government.
✓ Wide powers to state governments; State governments are not
subordinate to the central government.
✓ Separate government in Brussels in which both the communities have
equal representation.
