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- Federalism as a Power-Sharing Method in Multicultural SocietiesPublication . Oztasdonderen, Makbule Evin; Madeira, Luís Filipe da SilvaWhen power-sharing cannot be exerted equally and fairly among the communities who live together, a nation comes to the forefront as dominant causing the remaining communities to be confronted with disadvantageous situations. Therefore, in order to prevent these disadvantageous situations, power-sharing is needed for the communities who intend to live together. Federalism is shown as a good power-sharing method for multicultural societies since it provides regional autonomy and power distribution among the various constitutive levels. Therefore, in this study, federalism was examined as a power-sharing method in multicultural societies, in the light of Arend Lijphart’s Power-Sharing Theory. Besides, the qualitative method has been used to handle data conceptually, historically, and comparatively. Switzerland was considered here as a successful multicultural federation due to, among other factors, the absence of separatist movements. The points that make this federation successful were handled historically and methodologically in order to determine the constitutive components of a multicultural and effective federation. Also, in line with this purpose, several failed multicultural federations were examined along with their failure reasons, and the fundamental elements for a sustainable and successful federation were also considered. Accordingly, the success of a multicultural federation lies in the process of its construction, where the willingness and consent of the parties to live together emerge as the most crucial basis among them.