power sharing

Question 1

ethenic composition of population in belgium

Answer 1

• 59% of dutch speaking
• 40% of french speaking
  in brussels
• 80% of french speaking
• 20% of dutch speaking

Question 2

ethenic composition of population of sri lanka

Answer 2

• 74% of sinhala speaking
• 18% of tamil speaking
• 7% both speaking

Question 3

majoritarianism of srilanka

Answer 3

• independent country in 1948
• sinhala secure dominance due to majority
• 1956 act made sinhala language official, applicants for jobs and university were favoured
• new constitution protected buddhism
• tamils felt ignored and started strrugles and launched parties
• protest turned into civil war
• many left coutry and lost livihood
• everything ended in 2009

Question 4

demands of tamils in sri lanka

Answer 4

1. tamil as official language
2. equality for jobs and education
3. atonomy to provinces poplated by tamils
4. independent tamil Eelam

Question 5

accomodation of belgium

Answer 5

innovative idea of belgium
* centeral gorvenment will hv equal number of dutch and french speaking members
* brussles will hv another governement with equal member of both
* state government has more power than centeral government
* coummunity governement is elected by people of one language they hv power over culture, education, language

Question 6

forms of power sharing

Answer 6

1. horizontal - legislature, judisiary and executive. they keep check on each other. same level of power to exercise
2. vertical or federal - central and state.
3. community - religious and linguistic groups
4. pressure group - control or influence power