centralization of power
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcentralizationandpower
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centralization
noun[U]
uk/ˌsen.trə.laɪ.ˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsen.trə.lə.ˈzeɪ.ʃən/
the act or process of centralizing a system, company, country, etc. (= removing authority to one ...
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power
noun
uk/paʊər/us/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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(Definition ofcentralizationandpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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As a result, despite thecentralizationofpowerin the monarchy, various power centers and political actors found great latitude in pursuing their interests and projects of power.
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Centralizationofpowerat the federal level is often taken as illustrative of the desire by politicians at the centre to grab more power for themselves.
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The first is the creation of new crimes, and the second is thecentralizationofpowerin one point.
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Bureaucracy by design leads tocentralizationofpowerby the leaders.
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The result was acentralizationofpowerthat bothered many local church activists.
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In supporting nationalization, leftists did not count its costs in bureaucracy andcentralizationofpower.
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He pursued his father's policies on legislation andcentralizationofpower.
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Their concerns include education, health care, and thecentralizationofpower.
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In the 1370s there were several changes in the government, aiming at an even more powerfulcentralizationofpower.
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They were also aspiring landowners, and, like the middle class in many feudal societies, supported the kings in theircentralizationofpower.
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In other words, he saw a general trend towards thecentralizationofpoweras leading to stagnation and ultimately, pressures to decentralize.
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There is a tendency away fromcentralizationofpowerand reliance upon family ties towards a fragmentation of structures and informality of relationships in crime groups.
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Wholesale power sales between electric utilities began to operate under the new electric industry restructuring guidelines, includingcentralizationofpowerscheduling and procurement of ancillary services to ensure reliability.
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Nonetheless, the new constitution increasedcentralizationofpowerat the expense of municipalities and eliminated provincial government altogether, at the time it increased the powers of congress and the judiciary.
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The greatercentralizationofpowerin royal hands meant that men of good social standing were less inclined to enter the service of a lord to obtain his protection.
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As a result, despite thecentralizationofpowerin the monarchy, various power centers and political actors found great latitude in pursuing their interests and projects of power.
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Centralizationofpowerat the federal level is often taken as illustrative of the desire by politicians at the centre to grab more power for themselves.
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The first is the creation of new crimes, and the second is thecentralizationofpowerin one point.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Bureaucracy by design leads tocentralizationofpowerby the leaders.
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They were also aspiring landowners, and, like the middle class in many feudal societies, supported the kings in theircentralizationofpower.
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The result was acentralizationofpowerthat bothered many local church activists.
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In supporting nationalization, leftists did not count its costs in bureaucracy andcentralizationofpower.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
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In other words, he saw a general trend towards thecentralizationofpoweras leading to stagnation and ultimately, pressures to decentralize.
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He pursued his father's policies on legislation andcentralizationofpower.
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Their concerns include education, health care, and thecentralizationofpower.
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In the 1370s there were several changes in the government, aiming at an even more powerfulcentralizationofpower.
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There is a tendency away fromcentralizationofpowerand reliance upon family ties towards a fragmentation of structures and informality of relationships in crime groups.
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Wholesale power sales between electric utilities began to operate under the new electric industry restructuring guidelines, includingcentralizationofpowerscheduling and procurement of ancillary services to ensure reliability.
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Nonetheless, the new constitution increasedcentralizationofpowerat the expense of municipalities and eliminated provincial government altogether, at the time it increased the powers of congress and the judiciary.
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The greatercentralizationofpowerin royal hands meant that men of good social standing were less inclined to enter the service of a lord to obtain his protection.
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