Recently some new laws were made in Russia giving more powers to its president. During the same time the US president visited Russia.

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Chapter 1

NCERT

Class 10

Political Science

Solutions

9. Recently some new laws were made in Russia giving more powers to its president. During the same time the US president visited Russia.

Question:

Recently some new laws were made in Russia giving more powers to itspresident. During the same time the US president visited Russia. What according to this cartoon, is the relationship between democracy and concentration of power? Can you think of some other examples to illustrate the point being made here?

Answer:

Democracy is for the people by the people and of the people. Democracy, in general represents the will of the common people. But when the power is concentrated in a particular hand, in a democratic government, this individual outlasts the will of the common people. In the cartoon same situation has been shown where democracy is run by a few people, power is concentrated in their hands and they act according to their will without considering the welfare of the general people.

Other bad examples of democracy are: Pakistan, there is an elected democratic government but this is not the true representation of the will of the people. Once elected, the power- carrying men run the government as per their wishes. Iraq was another example where democracy was being run in an autocraticmanner.

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Consider the following two statements on power sharing and select the answer using the codes given below :

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Match List I (forms of power sharing) with List II (forms of government) and select the correct answer using the codes given below in the lists :

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Consider the following statements about power sharing arrangements in Belgium and Sri Lanka.

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Different arguments are usually put forth in favour of and against power sharing. Identify those which are in favour of power sharing and select the answer using the codes given below? Power sharing:

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Read the following passage and pick out any one of the prudential reasons for power sharing offered in this.

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The Mayor of Merchtem, a town near Brussels in Belgium, has defended a ban on speaking French in the town’s schools.

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After reading this chapter, three students drew different conclusions. Which of these do you agree with and why? Give your reasons in about 50 words.

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State one prudential reason and one moral reason for power sharing with an example from the Indian context.

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What are the different forms of power sharing in modern democracies ? Give an example of each of these.

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Here are some examples of power sharing. Which of the four types of power sharing do these represent? Who is sharing power with whom?

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In my school, the class monitors changes every month. Is that what you call a power sharing arrangement?

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Would you adopt the ‘regular’ rules followed everywhere, as Khalil suggests? Or stick to the old rules? Or do something else?

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Can you help poor Vikram in answering Vetal? If you had the power to rewrite the rules in Lebanon what would you do?

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Annette studies in a Dutch medium school in the northern region of Belgium. Many French-speaking students in her school want the medium of instruction to be French.

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So you are saying that sharing of power makes us more powerful. Sounds odd! Let me think.

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What kind of a solution is this? I am glad our Constitution does not say which minister will come from which community.

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What’s wrong if the majority community rules? If Sinhalas don’t rule in Sri Lanka, where else will they rule?

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Look at the maps of Belgium and Sri Lanka. In which region, do you find concentration of different communities?

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I have a simple equation in mind. Sharing power = dividing power = weakening the country. Why do we start by talking of this?

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