Chp 1 power sharing.pdf

power sharing chapter 1 political science

1. POLITICAL SCIENCE

6. 
Belgiumisasmallcountryin
Europe.

Belgiumsharehisborderwith
France,Netherlands,Germany
&Luxembourg.

AreaofBelgiumisequaltothat
ofanIndianStateofHaryana.

BelgiumPopulationislittle
around1crore.

10. 
This led to tensions between the Dutch-speaking and
French-Speaking communities during the 1950s and
1960s.

The tension between the two communities was more
acute in Brussels.

The Dutch-speaking people constituted a majority in
the country but a minority in capital.

27. 1.
WHAT IS THE ETHNIC COMPOSITION OF BELGIUM?
2.
WHAT IS THE ETHNIC COMPOSITION OF SRILANKA?
3.
MENTION THE STEPS TAKEN BY THE SRILANKAN GOVERNMENT TO ACHIEVE
MAJORITARIANISM?
4.
“BOTH BELGIUM AND SRILANKA ARE DEMOCRACTICS BUT THEY FOLLOWED
DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF POWER SHARING.” STATE HOW THEY ARE DIFFERENT
FROM ONE ANOTHER?
5.
WHAT IS POWER SHARING? EXPLAIN

28. 1.
WHAT LED TO ETHNIC TENSION IN BELGIUM? WHY WAS IT MORE ACUTE IN
BRUSSELS?
2.
HOW WERE THE ETHNIC PROBLEMS SOLVED IN BELGIUM? MENTION THE
STEPS WHICH WERE TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM?
3.
WHY IS POWER SHARING DESIRABLE?
4.
EXPLAIN THE MAJOR FORMS OF POWER SHARING IN MODERN
DEMOCRACIES?
5.
EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HORIZONTIAL AND VERTICAL POWER
SHARING?