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Synonyms for devolution

transfer of power

Synonyms

  • transfer of power
  • decentralization
  • distribution of power
  • surrender of power
  • relinquishment of power
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Synonyms for devolution

the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality

the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)

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They find that a devolutionary spiral and shrinking tax base have lead to tremendous dysfunction in tax policy.
The chapter on dancing has much to say about Playford and devolutionary and evolutionary theories about country dancing.
This was previously seen as the mark of an inferior tradition, but in what is now known as the devolutionary period this changed.
AS a devolutionary gesture, few come bigger than plans to merge three public bodies in Wales into a new super bells-and-whistles green organisation.
However, he helpfully notes that sphere sovereignty is not merely devolutionary but that it also recognizes spheres with "irreducible identities" (18) as performing independent tasks.
(3) Indeed, the Program's promise can be found largely in what Professor Alexander identifies as its "new governance" elements--namely, its broadly collaborative, devolutionary design.
If Colley's volume heralded the devolutionary reforms of recent years and Schama's was a sunny account for a millennium's bright beginning, Clark's is one for grim realities.
Examining the tension between devolution and progress, he reads Harker's journey as an encounter between "evolutionary good and devolutionary evil" (114).
Due to the Scottish male's position of subordinate marginality, it seems tempting to speculate that, unlike his English counterpart, he would not be prone to lash out against his others [...] but instead enter into a coalition with them [...] The question to be asked now is whether contemporary Scottish masculinity could possibly be described as a devolutionary kind of masculinity that has embraced its feminine marginality and is saying 'no' to power.
'The management of devolutionary forces is an exercise fraught with risk for both the center and the province', says Prof, de Blij.
The book omits mention of Welsh benefits arising from Labour's decade and more in Westminster, the centre being presented as a 'drag anchor' on further devolutionary progress.
Rather than indicating a new state of evolutionary connectedness, it actually shows a devolutionary state of disconnectedness.