Answer these questions:
1.How did the Belgium government solve its ethnic problem?
2. What are the different forms of power sharing in modern democracies? Give an example of each of them.
3.What factors led to a civil war in Sri Lanka?
4. "Power is shared between different social groups." Comment on this statement with the help of an example.
5. Why power sharing is desirable? Write three reasons.
Answers
Answer:
1 Belgium govt. solved its ethnic problem by providing equal representation to both the communities on state and central level. No laws would be pass without the majority of both the communities.
Explanation:
3 factors which led to civil war are
unequal representation of both the communities
sinhala was declared as official language of the country
others were alienated
no equal opportunity for all
all the demands of Tamils were denied due to which they asked for a separate state
4 power shared between social groups
people choose their own representatives to participate in elections.
In parliament all the representatives share equal powers.
in parliament all representatives belong to different communities and they represent their communities in parliament. in this way power is shared between social groups