Balance of power may refer to:
Politics and international relations
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Balance of power (international relations)
The balance of power theory in international relations suggests that states may secure their survival by preventing any one state from gaining enough military power to dominate all others. If one state becomes much stronger, the theory predicts ...
, parity or stability between competing forces
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Balance of power (federalism)
Federalism is a mode of government that combines a general level of government (a central or federal government) with a regional level of sub-unit governments (e.g., provinces, states, cantons, territories, etc.), while dividing the powers o ...
, distribution of power between a central government and its subnational governments
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Balance of power (parliament)
In parliamentary politics, balance of power is a situation in which one or more members of a parliamentary or similar chamber can by their uncommitted vote enable a party to attain and remain in minority government. The term may also be applie ...
, power exercised by a minor political party whose support enables a minority government to obtain office
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European balance of power
The European balance of power is a tenet in international relations that no single power should be allowed to achieve hegemony over a substantial part of Europe. During much of the Modern Age, the balance was achieved by having a small number of ev ...
, European international relations before the First World War
Arts and entertainment
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''Balance of Power'' (album), by Electric Light Orchestra, 1986
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Balance of Power (band)
Balance of Power are a British progressive power metal band formed in 1995.
History
Balance of Power was formed in 1995 by keyboardist Ivan Gunn, along with a group of musicians from the London rock scene. One of their first line-ups feature ...
, a British melodic progressive metal group formed in 1995
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''Balance of Power'' (Stableford novel), by Brian Stableford, 1979
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"Balance of Power" (''Red Dwarf''), a 1988 TV episode
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"The Balance of Power" (''Minder''), a 1984 TV episode
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Balance of Power (board game)
''Balance of Power'' is a board game published by Hasbro in 1979.
Gameplay
''Balance of Power'' is a political abstract strategy game.
Reviews
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A game is a Structure, structured type of play (activity), play usually undertaken for ent ...
, a board game published by Hasbro in 1979
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''Balance of Power'' (play-by-mail game)
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''Balance of Power'' (Ab Hugh novel), a 1994 novel from the ''Star Trek'' universe by Dafydd Ab Hugh
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''Balance of Power'' (video game), 1985
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Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition''
See also
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Power Balance
Power Balance is the original brand of hologram bracelets claimed by its manufacturers and vendors to use "holographic technology" to "resonate with and respond to the natural energy field of the body" to increase athletic performance. Numerous ...
, a brand of hologram bracelets
* Checks and balances, a model of governance characterized by some interdependence between governing bodies (branches of government): See
separation of powers
The separation of powers principle functionally differentiates several types of state (polity), state power (usually Legislature#Legislation, law-making, adjudication, and Executive (government)#Function, execution) and requires these operat ...
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Mixed government
Mixed government (or a mixed constitution) is a form of government that combines elements of democracy, aristocracy and monarchy, ostensibly making impossible their respective degenerations which are conceived in Aristotle's ''Politics'' as a ...
, a constitution compromising between several forms of state, balancing social forces by sharing sovereignty between them
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Consociationalism
Consociationalism ( ) is a form of democratic power sharing. Political scientists define a consociational state as one which has major internal divisions along ethnic, religious, or linguistic lines, but which remains stable due to consultation ...
, a form of government involving guaranteed group representation
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Balance of terror
"Balance of Terror" is the fourteenth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek''. Written by Paul Schneider and directed by Vincent McEveety, it first aired on December 15, 1966.
The series, ...
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Balance of threat
The balance of threat theory was proposed by Stephen Walt in his article ''Alliance Formation and the Balance of World Power'', published in the journal ''International Security'' in 1985. He elaborated it in his book, ''The Origins of Alliances' ...
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