federal control
Central government authority
Federal control is authority exercised by a national government over something that might otherwise fall under local, state, or private jurisdiction.
The phrase often appears in debates about governmental power: The highway system came under federal control in the 1950s.
Industries, lands, or programs under federal control are managed by national agencies rather than state governments or private entities.
- governmentAuthority over a state
- big governmentExpansive, powerful state apparatus
- centralizedConcentrated in one location
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
regulatory oversight · oversight · Washington · bureaucracy · mandate · executive order · jurisdiction · states · power · agency · enforcement · policy · supremacy · interstate · constitutional · checks and balances · dominion · administration
- central powercentral authority, central government, power consolidation, state power, supreme authority
- Modern D.C.Capitol Hill, White House, National Mall, Metro, Georgetown
- Bank WarAndrew Jackson, Henry Clay, national bank, hard money, state banks
- rail nationalizationgovernment ownership, public ownership, public enterprise, state funding, state investment
federal controlstates' rights
Provincial governmental autonomy
state control · state sovereignty · local governance · home rule · state jurisdiction
federal controlprivate enterprise
Individually owned business operation
free market · deregulation · privatization · laissez-faire · individual liberty
federal controldecentralization
Distributing power from center
devolution · federalism · subsidiarity · localism · anti-federalism
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