power sharing
Divided governmental control
Power sharing is the distribution of political authority among different groups, parties, or factions rather than concentrating it in one.
The term appears most often in contexts where competing groups—ethnic, religious, or partisan—must govern together to maintain peace: The peace agreement established a power-sharing government between the two factions.
Power-sharing arrangements often emerge after conflicts or in deeply divided societies.
Temporary alliance for action
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- consociationalismGovernance through elite cooperation
federalism · bicameralism · sovereignty · constitution · legislature · executive · self-rule · subsidiarity
Joint intellectual work
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- allianceFormal union of parties
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- consensusGeneral group agreement
mutual · collective · unity · bipartisan · cross-party · interethnic
Agreement through mutual sacrifice
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- conciliationResolving disputes through dialogue
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- agreementShared position between parties
bargaining · settlement · give-and-take · reconciliation · accord · pact · ceasefire · treaty
Formal choosing of officials
- votingFormally registering a choice
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- representativeOne who acts for another
- majorityOver half of total
minority · civic · rights · electorate · mandate · suffrage · accountability · legitimacy
Coexistence of differing views
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
- representationDepiction or likeness
- multiculturalismCoexistence of diverse traditions
- coexistenceSimultaneous presence together
communal · sectarian · confessional · intercommunal · cross-cutting
coalition
Temporary alliance for action
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
consociationalism · federalism · bicameralism · sovereignty · constitution · legislature · executive · self-rule · subsidiarity · intergovernmental
collaboration
Joint intellectual work
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- allianceFormal union of parties
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
consensus · mutual · collective · unity · bipartisan · cross-party · interethnic
compromise
Agreement through mutual sacrifice
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- conciliationResolving disputes through dialogue
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
agreement · bargaining · settlement · give-and-take · reconciliation · accord · pact · ceasefire · treaty · diplomatic
elections
Formal choosing of officials
- votingFormally registering a choice
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- representativeOne who acts for another
majority · minority · civic · rights · electorate · mandate · suffrage · accountability · legitimacy · constituency
pluralism
Coexistence of differing views
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
- representationDepiction or likeness
- multiculturalismCoexistence of diverse traditions
coexistence · communal · sectarian · confessional · intercommunal · cross-cutting
- Shared Ruleco-emperors, diarchy, triumvirate, duumvirate
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- sharinggiving, lending, borrowing, donating, swapping
- decentralizationdecentralized, distribute, spread, disperse, scatter
- federalismstates' rights, federal law, federal district, federal agency, limited government
- First TriumvirateJulius Caesar, Pompey, Caesar, triumvir, political alliance
power sharingautocracy
Rule by one
absolute power · one-party rule · dictatorship · absolute rule · authoritarianism
power sharingunilateralism
Acting without international cooperation
winner-take-all · exclusion · majoritarianism · disenfranchisement · domination
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