decision-making power
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power
noun
uk/paʊər/us/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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(Definition ofpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Indigenous peoples emphasised their demands for a forum that would havedecision-makingpower.
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Thedecision-makingpowerhad been concentrated in the political and administrative branches of the state.
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However, the other communities have contested hisdecision-makingpowerbeyond the community's political sphere of influence.
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Failing that, 'there is no guarantee that professionals will use theirdecision-makingpowerin the interests of users'.
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Should the electorate be denied any referendum-based,decision-makingpowerin view of its not being a collective person?
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The city's devolution of finances anddecision-makingpowerto local community school boards in 1967 facilitated this.
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As in the previous case, the president's opponents achieved their objectives only after electoral success increased theirdecision-makingpower.
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The decreasing share of regions' capital expenditure also indicates that theirdecision-makingpoweron capital projects is diminishing.
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After all, we cededecision-makingpoweronly on the premise that the expert is indeed better placed.
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That is where there should be somedecision-makingpower.
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The president will have nodecision-makingpower.
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Participatory forums also reveal sources of political and economic inequality that undermine efforts to grant the unorganised poor genuinedecision-makingpower.
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This led to a relative weakening of thedecision-makingpowerof the nucleus of the household, that is, the lord and his wife and children.
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This is because in most of the enterprises, the owner(s) had most, and in some cases, all thedecision-makingpower.
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But such expectations did not take sufficiently into account the realities of conflicting local interests and inequalities ofdecision-makingpower.
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In contrast, when egalitarian attitudes toward gender roles are dominant, there is a freer exchange of resources that offerdecision-makingpower.
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They did this in large part by changing the party statutes between 1988 and 2000 to gain greaterdecision-makingpowerover nominations.
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Therefore, in the beginning of the 1990s,decision-makingpowerwas largely decentralized to the municipalities, and the principles of state subsidies were reformed.
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The distribution ofdecision-makingpoweramong these actors and the extent to which their preferences diverge define the number of veto players in a country.
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A lack of formal communitydecision-makingpowerat the hearing also means that even if the community does participate, it does not necessarily have any influence.
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There is no mechanical association that connects radicalisation with the 'relocation' of decision-makingpowerfrom the government to the leader, the party or any other autonomous institution.
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Problems with the public hearing, such as lack of formaldecision-makingpoweron the part of locals, have limited the ability of local groups to effect change.
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I accept that they have nodecision-makingpowerat the moment.
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We make that estimate regardless of thedecision-makingpowerin any of those matters.
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