power-sharing
Divided governmental control
Power-sharing is an arrangement where authority is distributed among multiple parties rather than concentrated in one.
The term appears most often in political contexts—rival factions forming a power-sharing government, ethnic groups negotiating power-sharing agreements.
It implies compromise: former adversaries agreeing to govern together rather than one side dominating.
The peace deal established power-sharing between the warring groups.
Temporary alliance for action
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
proportional representation · cabinet · legislature · parliament · executive · confederation · consociationalism · veto rights
Formal union of parties
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- consensusGeneral group agreement
collective · unity · coalition-building · mutualism · federation · bipartisan · cross-party · interparty
Spoken exchange between parties
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- concessionYielding a point
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
settlement · agreement · trade-off · give-and-take · accommodation · adjustment · flexibility · talks
Restoration of friendly relations
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- accordHarmony between parties
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
disarmament · truce · amnesty · peacekeeping · normalization · confidence-building · post-conflict · reintegration
Formal choosing of officials
- votingFormally registering a choice
- representationDepiction or likeness
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
ballot · referendum · electorate · political parties · opposition · pluralism · legitimacy · inclusivity
coalition
Temporary alliance for action
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
decentralization · proportional representation · cabinet · legislature · parliament · executive · confederation · consociationalism · veto rights · ministerial
alliance
Formal union of parties
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
consensus · collective · unity · coalition-building · mutualism · federation · bipartisan · cross-party · interparty · solidarity
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- concessionYielding a point
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
compromise · settlement · agreement · trade-off · give-and-take · accommodation · adjustment · flexibility · talks · stakeholders
reconciliation
Restoration of friendly relations
armistice · disarmament · truce · amnesty · peacekeeping · normalization · confidence-building · post-conflict · reintegration · demobilization
elections
Formal choosing of officials
- votingFormally registering a choice
- representationDepiction or likeness
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
suffrage · ballot · referendum · electorate · political parties · opposition · pluralism · legitimacy · inclusivity · enfranchisement
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- party politicspolitical party, party, parties, party member, party system
- UK governancedevolution, local government, local councils, central government, local authorities
- ethnic politicsethnic nationalism, ethnic conflict, ethnic identity, ethnic tension, ethnic cleansing
- StormontMLAs, First Minister, ministers, debates, departments
- democracyvote, voting, election, elections, ballot
power-sharingsingle-party rule
Governance without competing factions
one-party rule · autocracy · dictatorship · absolute rule · centralized power
power-sharingwinner-take-all
Only champion receives reward
majoritarianism · domination · exclusionary rule · unilateralism · disenfranchisement
power, share, powerful, sharing, empower, willpower, powerless, powers, overpower