Prelims High-Yield Explanations & Traps

• role in overseeing the implementation
• the problems of running the Germany’s grand coalition government that include the two major parties of the country, namely the Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Party

Essential Definitions & Formulas

Communities and regions of Belgium Belgium

a small country in Europe, smaller in area than the state of Haryana.

The ETHNIC composition of this small country

very complex.

Sri Lanka

an island nation, just a few kilometres off the southern coast of Tamil Nadu.

What k ind of a solut ion

t his? I am glad our Const it ut ion does not say w hich m inist er w ill com e fr om w hich com m unit y.

The arrangement they worked out is different from any other country and

very innovative.

The photograph here

of a street address in Belgium.

It indeed

very complicated, even for people living in Belgium.

I f t he par ent s of Annet t e and Selv i w er e t o appr oach r espect ive gov er nm ent s t o r ealise t he desir e of t he child w ho

m or e likely t o succeed? And w hy ? Why power sharing is desirable? Thus, two different sets of reasons can be given in favour of power sharing.

Tyranny of the majority

not just oppressive for the minority; it often brings ruin to the majority as well.

There

a second, deeper reason why power sharing is good for democracies.

Power sharing

the very spirit of democracy.

A legitimate government

one where citizens, through participation, acquire a stake in the system.

The cartoon at the left

the problems of running the Germany’s grand coalition government that include the two major parties of the country, namely the Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Party.

The post of Deput y Pr im e Minist er

fixed for Or t hodox Chr ist ian sect and t hat of t he Speaker for Shi’a Muslim .

He

a popular m an w it h polit ical am bit ion.

But under t he pr esent sy st em t he t op posit ion

out of his r each bar r ed fr om him .

It was felt that if the power to decide

dispersed, it would not be possible to take quick decisions and to enforce them.

One basic principle of democracy

that people are the source of all political power.

Power

shared among dif fer ent organs of government, such as the legislature, executive and judiciary.

This arrangement

called a system of checks and balances.

NCERT Thought Questions

• t he cause of each of t hese conflict s. How m any of t hese ar e r elat ed t o pow er shar ing disput es?

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