Power Sharing Class 10 Case Study Social Science Political Science Chapter 1

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A4: Important keywords for CBSE Class 10 Power Sharing are given below:
Sri Lankan Tamils: Original inhabitants of Sri Lanka.
Indian Tamils: Those whose forefathers came from India to work on plantation. They came and settled here during the colonial period.
Majoritarianism: When a majority community is able to rule a country in whichever way it wants by not taking into consideration the wishes and needs of the minority.
Civil War: A violent conflict between opposing groups within a country that becomes so intense that it appears like a war.
Prudential: Based on prudence, or on careful calculation of gains and losses. Prudential decisions are usually contrasted with decision based purely on moral considerations.
Nation-state: The nation-state is a form of political organisation, and a political ideal. In the first case, it is an autonomous political community bound together by overlapping bonds of citizenship and nationality. In the latter case, the nation-state is a principle, reflected in Mazzini’s goal: ‘every nation a state, only one state for the entire nation’. For the conservatives, it is based on ethnic or organic unity.
Ethnic: Any group of a nation, race or tribe that has a common cultural tradition. People of one ethnic group believes that all of them belong to a common descent because of their similar physical traits. It is not necessary that all of them belong to one religion or nation. Legitimacy: The term ‘legitimacy’ (from the Latin ‘legitimare’, meaning ‘to declare lawful’) broadly means ‘rightful’.

A5: Majoritarianism is a belief that the majority community should be able to rule a country in whichever way it wants, by disregarding the wishes and needs of the minority. It has been adopted in Sri Lanka by passing an Act in 1956 which recognises Sinhala as the only official language and thus disregarding the language of minority Tamils.

A6: Sri Lankan Tamils demanded for the recognition of Tamil as an official language.
Regional autonomy:
Equality of opportunity in securing education and jobs. Later they demanded an independent Tamil Eelam (state) in northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka.

A7: Power sharing is a scheme of sharing power by different groups or levels for the smooth functioning of any system. It rests on the basic principle of giving permanent share in government to all the ethnic groups of country and power is shared among governments at different level as provided in the constitution.

A8: (i) Power sharing helps to reduce the possibility of conflict between social groups.
(ii) Power sharing ensures the stability of political order as social conflict often leads to violence and political instability.
(iii) Tyranny of the majority is not only aggressive for the minority but also brings ruin to the majority. The true spirit of democracy is power sharing. A democratic rule involves sharing power with those affected by its exercise, and who have to live with its effects.

A9: (i) The Sri Lankan Tamils launched parties and underwent struggles for the recognition of Tamil as the official language, for regional autonomy.
(ii) Formation of several political organisations demanding an independent Tamil Eelam in Northern and Eastern parts of Sri Lanka.

A10: Both Belgium and Sri Lanka are democracies, yet they have dealt with question of power sharing differently.
Belgium: Leaders realised that for the unity of the country it is important to respect the feelings and interest of different communities. The Belgian model of power sharing between the centre, states and community governments has led to
unification of the country.
Sri Lanka: In Sri Lanka, the majority community, the Sinhalas, have forced their dominance over Tamils, refusing to share power.

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