devolution of authority
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devolution
noun[U]
uk/ˌdiː.vəˈluː.ʃən/us/ˌdiː.vəˈluː.ʃən/
the moving of power or responsibility from a main organization to a lower level, or from a central government to a ...
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authority
noun
uk/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofdevolutionandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Decentralization of responsibilities in health care should be accompanied by a correspondingdevolutionofauthorityand adequate human, institutional, and financial resources.
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Thedevolutionofauthorityto provincial, county, and city governments permitted the establishment of market-preserving federalism, that is the establishment of a functional substitute for the rule of law.
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Clearly, the maximumdevolutionofauthoritydownwards is necessary.
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What is needed is public ownership on a national basis with regionaldevolutionofauthority.
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In practice, getting the right balance between central control and effectivedevolutionofauthorityis not an easy matter.
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Here again are the germs of thedevolutionofauthority.
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But, clearly, co-ordinating machinery is valueless without adequate and effectivedevolutionofauthority, within the national system, in the services to be co-ordinated.
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That allows authorities some share of the land as well as providing a far greaterdevolutionofauthority.
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More and more, in thedevolutionofauthority, the actual administrative function is performed by local authorities.
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A further point is the need for considerably increaseddevolutionofauthorityto industrial estate boards in the development areas.
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What is required if we are to make progress in government in this country is realdevolutionofauthorityand decision-taking to the local communities.
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To my mind, the whole question is one of the rate at which that progressivedevolutionofauthorityshould be made.
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Even those authorities which have been entitled to it in the past have found it difficult to secure thatdevolutionofauthorityfrom county councils.
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There has been nodevolutionofauthorityto the provinces.
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I think it is right that there should be thisdevolutionofauthority.
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There is no hint that the normaldevolutionofauthoritywill take place through the deputy electoral officer and other officers.
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It is indicated on page 70 that increaseddevolutionofauthoritywas taking place in the regions.
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He forgets thatdevolutionofauthoritydoes not necessarily mean the complete removal of any central organisation.
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This means sensible and adequatedevolutionofauthority.
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I am sure that that principle ofdevolutionofauthorityis right.
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