Question

What do you understand by the term ' Power Sharing ' ? Explain.

Answer 1

Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
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In modern democracies, power sharing can take the following forms:
1. Organs of Government: In democracy, power shared among Legislature, Executive and Juduciary.This is known as distribution of power, it allows different organs of government placed at the same level to excercise different powers. No organ can excercise unlimited power as each organ checks the others.
2. Governments at different levels:
In federal form of government, power is shared between the central and state governments. In India there is another lower level of government -local self government.This is called vertical division of government.
3. Social Groups:
 Power may also be shared among different social groups such as religious and linguistic groups. In iIndia there are constitutional and legal arrangements whereby socially weaker sections and women are represented in the legislatures and administration.

Answer 2

Answer:

Power sharing is a system of policy of political arrangements in which power is shared between organs of the government,between the different levels of the government ,between different social groups and between different political parties ,under coalition governments.