CBSE ADDA

Chapter 3 - Democracy And Diversity Social division:- Division of the society on the basis of language, region, caste, colour or race and sex. It signifies linguistic and regional diversity. Social differences:- Social differences are the situations where the people are discriminated against on the basis of social, economic and racial inequality. It gives way to social diversity which is different from society to society. The black power: It was a movement started by black people in 1966 against racialism and the practice of apartheid. It was a militant movement advocating even violence if necessary to end racism in the US. Overlapping differences: Social differences which overlap other differences are known as overlapping differences e.g., difference between the blacks and whites became a social division in US because the Blacks tend to be poor homeless and discriminated against. Cross-Cutting Differences: If social differences cross cut one another, it is known as c

Federalism: Federalism is a system of government in which the power is divided between a central authority and various constituent units of the country. Unitary System: Unitary system is a system of government in which either there is only one level of government or sub units are subordinate to the central government. Jurisdiction: The area over which someone has legal authority, that area may be defined in terms of geographical units or in terms of geographical units or in terms of certain/specific matters, is known as Jurisdiction. Tier system: Tier system is the system which signifies levels of government. It may be two levels or two tiers and three levels or three tier. Coming Together Federation: It is a type of federation in which independent states come together on their own to form a bigger unit, so that by pooling sovereignty and retaining identity they can increase their security. Holding Together Federation: It is a type of federation in which a large country deci

Chapter-1 Power sharing:  Power sharing is the distribution of power among the organs of the government like – legislature, executive and judiciary. It is an intelligent step to ensure the stability of political order. Besides, power sharing also includes sharing at the different levels like union, state and local. Ethnic: A social division based on shared culture. Mostly people belonging to the same ethnic group believe in their common descent because they have similarities of physical type or culture or both. They may not have the same religion or nationality, e.g, French speaking, Dutch speaking, Sinhala speaking, etc. Majoritarian: A concept which signifies a belief that the majority community should be able to rule a country in whichever way it wants is known as Majoritarian. In this type of rule they disregard the wishes and needs of the minority. Community Government: A type of Government which is elected by people belonging to one language community is ca