power-sharing agreement
Joint governance compact
A power-sharing agreement is a formal arrangement between competing political factions, ethnic groups, or parties to divide governmental authority rather than have one side hold complete control.
Such agreements typically emerge after conflicts, disputed elections, or in deeply divided societies where winner-take-all governance would be destabilizing.
The peace talks produced a power-sharing agreement that gave each faction cabinet positions.
Common features include rotating leadership, coalition cabinets, or guaranteed representation for minority groups.
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- unity governmentMulti-party joint administration
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
negotiation · handshake · mutual trust · partition · divided nation · unity · truce · referendum · parliament · peace talks · sovereignty · mandate · concession · faction · rival factions · autonomy · talks · détente
power-sharing agreementsingle-party rule
Governance without competing factions
one-party state · autocracy · dictatorship · absolute monarchy · totalitarianism
power-sharing agreementvictor's justice
Biased trials favoring winners
unconditional surrender · winner-take-all · coup d'état · political purge · ethnic cleansing
power-sharing agreementcoup d'état
Violent government seizure
seizure of power · usurpation · military junta · puppet government
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