Conversely, elections can lead to so much political fragmentation that governing becomes difficult.

The collapse was followed by 250 years of political fragmentation that lasted well into the 16th century.

Why has economic globalization coincided with political fragmentation in this contradictory fashion?

As stated above, this was a time of political fragmentation during which no city had complete hegemony.

But political fragmentation left them with fewer seats than they expected.

The loss was followed by decline, infighting and political fragmentation.

This situation of political fragmentation continued until the Dutch colonial conquest between 1849 and 1908.

At the early 15th century there was political fragmentation, where countries were not unified and had many separate rulers governing small areas.

The extreme political fragmentation, however, made it much more difficult for resistance to spread beyond the individual level.

Efficient use of these funds is further hampered by political fragmentation.