decentralized power
Dispersed governmental control
Decentralized power distributes authority across multiple entities rather than concentrating it in a single center.
The term applies to political systems where local governments retain significant autonomy, to electrical grids where energy comes from many small sources rather than a few large plants, and to technologies like blockchain where no central authority controls the network.
Decentralized power makes the system more resilient but harder to coordinate.
- microgridSelf-sufficient local power network
- regional autonomySubnational self-governance within state
- blockchainCryptographic linked transaction record
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- subsidiarityLocal authority when able
grassroots organizing · disintermediation · confederation · worker cooperatives · participatory democracy · direct democracy · self-determination · collective action · peer-to-peer networks · local governance · municipal councils · solar farms · mesh networks · shared ownership · wind turbines · off the grid · smart grids · credit unions
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Authority held by few
autocracy · dictatorship · absolute power · totalitarianism · authoritarianism
decentralized powerchain of command
Formal authority hierarchy
vertical integration · command structure · command hierarchy · command economy · central planning
decentralized powercentral government
Nation's primary governing body
imperial rule · colonial administration · national sovereignty · central command
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