centralists
Unification government advocates
Centralists favor concentrating political power in a central authority rather than distributing it among regional or local governments.
The term appears in discussions of federalism and national organization: The centralists wanted all decisions made in the capital.
A centralist system places control in one governing body rather than delegating to states or provinces.
Doctrine of governmental dominance
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- JacobinsFrench revolutionary faction
- anti-federalistsEarly republic decentralization advocates
Leninists · Bonapartists · nation-builders · unionists · interventionists
Divided governmental authority system
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- statecraftArt of government
- policyAdopted principle of action
legislature · parliament · cabinet · ministries · executive · judiciary · sovereignty · constitution
Ranked authority structure
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
oversight · mandate · directive · enforcement · regulation · decree · edict · top-down
Combining into unified whole
- integrationCombining into a whole
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- homogenizationMaking things the same
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
harmonization · convergence · amalgamation · federation · confederation · uniformity · cohesion · alignment
statism
Doctrine of governmental dominance
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- JacobinsFrench revolutionary faction
anti-federalists · Leninists · Bonapartists · nation-builders · unionists · interventionists
federalism
Divided governmental authority system
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- statecraftArt of government
policy · legislature · parliament · cabinet · ministries · executive · judiciary · sovereignty · constitution · republic
hierarchy
Ranked authority structure
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- supremacyHighest rank or power
dominance · oversight · mandate · directive · enforcement · regulation · decree · edict · top-down · chain of command
consolidation
Combining into unified whole
- integrationCombining into a whole
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- homogenizationMaking things the same
coordination · harmonization · convergence · amalgamation · federation · confederation · uniformity · cohesion · alignment · synchronization
centralistsfederalists
Pro-strong-government faction
decentralists · autonomists · confederalists · anti-federalists · communalists