Question

5. How has power-sharing in Belgium helped avoid civic strife between the two major communities? Give any two reasons.

Answer 1

Answer:

The power sharing political model in Belgium has helped prevent civic strife by:

1. Establishing a government based on Federalism, the state governments are not subordinate to central government.
2. Understanding social differences in Brussels and then giving equal power to dutch and french communities there.
3. Setting up community governments to solve linguistic issues.

Answer 2

The power-sharing in Belgium has helped avoid civic strife between the two major communities by inducing a number of factors like giving equal representation to the linguistic groups, decentralizing the power etc.

Explanation:

• Belgium is a European country and the home to the headquarters of European Union. The country features three linguistic groups, The Dutch, French and German speaking population groups.
• The power-sharing arrangement in Belgium has set an example for the rest and has helped avoid a major strife among its people.
• To avoid the strife, it amended its constitution a number of times. It laid the foundation of a decentralized federal set up wherein the states act independent of center.
• The setting up of the Community Government has contributed a lot in avoiding the civic strife too.
• Apart from that, it gave power and equal representation to each of its linguistic groups at the center and state levels so as to maintain peace in its territory.