political decentralization
Distributing governmental authority
Political decentralization is the transfer of governmental authority from central to regional or local bodies.
It may involve shifting legislative, administrative, or fiscal powers to states, provinces, municipalities, or other subnational units: The constitution enshrined political decentralization by granting provinces control over education.
Advocates argue it brings government closer to citizens; critics warn it can fragment policy and entrench local elites.
- local governmentRegional civic administration
- grass rootsOrdinary citizens as political base
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- citizen engagementPublic involvement in governance
- town hall meetingsOpen civic discussion events
participatory democracy · localism · accountability · community boards · self-governance · delegation · regional autonomy · states' rights · subsidiarity · constitutional amendments · federalism · service delivery · home rule · decision-making authority · electoral reforms · pluralism · municipal councils · legal frameworks
- Spanish Autonomyregional autonomy, Catalonia, Basque Country, Galicia, Andalusia
political decentralizationcentralization
Unifying control in one place
centralized government · centralized authority · central control · centralism · statism
political decentralizationnation-building
Constructing governmental institutions
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