State whether the following statement is True or False.

"Power sharing is effective only for small countries like Belgium"  Give an example to support your answer. 

One of the remedies that are suggested for societies struggling with civil conflict are power-sharing arrangements that accommodate the various parties involved in the civil conflict. Power-sharing guarantees each of the critical players, a significant payoff from cooperation and peaceful behaviour.

This peaceful behaviour can be maintained in the power-sharing arrangements in two ways:

(1) by providing minimum benefit to each party from cooperation in collective decisions, and

(2) through provisions that protect group autonomy in sensitive policy areas.

1) In Lebanon, The Prime Minister must be a Sunni Muslim and the Deputy Prime Minister must be an Orthodox Christian. Which of the two ways of maintaining peaceful behaviour given above is this an example of?

2) Give one example each for the two ways of maintaining peaceful behaviour in the context of power-sharing arrangement in Belgium.
 

(1) Bengaluru's Jalaposhan trust, a citizen collective, collaborates with the Municipal Corporation (BBMP) of Bengaluru to conserve and revive a lake in the city.
(2) In Maharashtra, every level of government was given a stake in taking action against the spread of coronavirus.

Read the statements given above and answer the following questions: 

(a) State the type of power-sharing arrangement that each of the two examples represent?

(b) In the above examples, who is sharing power with whom?

(c) In which kind of government are such power-sharing arrangements possible?

Belgium is a little European nation that is smaller than the state of Haryana. Its borders are shared by France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Its populace consists of somewhat over one crore, or roughly $50\%$ of people living in Haryana. 

What is one of the unique features of the Belgian model of power-sharing?

People control themselves in democracies through institutions of self-government. A good democratic administration treats the various groups and points of view that exist in the community with the respect that they deserve. Everybody can influence how public policies are shaped. Consequently, it follows that as many citizens as feasible should share in political authority in a democracy.
What is the term for the distribution of power among different organs of government, such as the legislature, executive, and judiciary, to ensure that none can exercise unlimited power?

What are the needs for power sharing?

Study the map thoroughly and mention the languages that are dominantly present in Belgium.

For Visually impaired students in lieu of the above question.
Q: Mention the languages that are dominantly present in Belgium;