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Decentralization   Listen
noun
decentralization  n.  
1.
The action of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized. "The decentralization of France."
2.
The spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments.





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"Decentralization" Quotes from Famous Books



... should have told him we all agree there should be decentralization,' said Mrs. Cohn, quoting her favourite ...
— Ghetto Comedies • Israel Zangwill
... on discreditable or immoral trades are excluded. It also provides that the local magistrates shall take a census of the citizens at the same time as the census takes place in Rome, and send the registers to Rome within sixty days. The existing fragments tell us little as to the decentralization of the functions of government, but from the Lex Rubria, which applies to the Transpadane districts enfranchised by Caesar (it must be remembered that Cisalpine Gaul remained nominally a province until 42 B.C.) ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 - "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" • Various
... highlight best practices. Once the ministry begins to function effectively, it can exert a positive influence over the provinces and take back some of the authority that was lost to local governments through decentralization. To reduce corruption and militia infiltration, the Ministry of the Interior should take authority from the local governments for the handling of policing funds. Doing so will improve accountability and organizational discipline, limit the authority of provincial police officials, ...
— The Iraq Study Group Report • United States Institute for Peace
... Settat, Sidi Kacem, Tanger, Tan-Tan, Taounate, Taroudannt, Tata, Taza, Tetouan, Tiznit note: three additional provinces of Ad Dakhla (Oued Eddahab), Boujdour, and Es Smara as well as parts of Tan-Tan and Laayoune fall within Moroccan-claimed Western Sahara; decentralization/regionalization law passed by the legislature in March 1997 creating many new provinces/regions; specific details and scope of the reorganization ...
— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


Words linked to "Decentralization" :   decentralize, centralization, spreading, spread, social process


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