strong central government
Consolidated national power
A strong central government is one where power concentrates at the national level rather than being distributed among regional or local authorities.
The phrase typically appears in political debate, where advocates emphasize unified policy and efficient administration while critics warn of distant bureaucracy and diminished local autonomy: The framers disagreed about whether the Constitution created too strong a central government.
- centralizedConcentrated in one location
- top downFrom highest to lowest
- authoritarianFavoring absolute control
- federalDivided governmental authority
- nation stateCulturally homogeneous political entity
monarchy · empire · sovereignty · bureaucracy · capital · seat of power · parliament · dictator · iron fist · regime · ruling party · consolidation · power · unity · control · law and order · taxation · military
- federalismstates' rights, federal law, federal district, enumerated powers, federal agency
strong central governmentstates' rights
Provincial governmental autonomy
decentralization · decentralized government · federalism · devolution · confederation
strong central governmentfailed state
Ungovernable nation lacking authority
institutional decay · power vacuum · balkanization · warlordism
strong central governmentanarchy
Disorder from absent authority
statelessness · anarchism · limited government · libertarianism · laissez-faire
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