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- Dictionarydevolution/ˌdiːvəˈl(j)uːʃn/
noun
- 1. the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration: "demands for electoral reform and devolution"
- 2. descent to a lower or worse state: formal "the devolution of the gentlemanly ideal into a glorification of drunkenness"
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1 day ago · Devolution transfers responsibility for decision-making, finance and implementation of certain public functions to the sub-national level, such as a regional, local, or state government. Divestment , also called privatization , may mean merely contracting out services to private companies.
2 days ago · Tom Nairn and Paul James define empires as polities that "extend relations of power across territorial spaces over which they have no prior or given legal sovereignty, and where, in one or more of the domains of economics, politics, and culture, they gain some measure of extensive hegemony over those spaces to extract or accrue value".
1 day ago · There are 11 new MPs for the city region. The table below lists the MPs across Greater Manchester with new MPs marked with an asterisk*. Engaging and influencing. The sector and government are in lockstep on important issues and objectives such as improving people’s health and wealth, but our approaches are different.
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3 days ago · From 1833 until 1939 Spain almost continually had a parliamentary system with a written constitution. Except during the First Republic (1873–74), the Second Republic (1931–36), and the Spanish Civil War (1936–39), Spain also always had a monarchy. For a complete list of the kings and queens regnant of Spain, see below.
3 days ago · New mayors established through the devolution process will be eligible to sit on the Council of Nations and Regions. Last week at a Local Government Association meeting, the local government minister Jim McMahon said he was “uncomfortable with the idea of district councils of being locked out of the picture” on devolution deals.
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2 days ago · Despite its failure to secure a devolution deal involving an elected Mayor of Cornwall last year, Cornwall Council's Conservative administration is hoping to strike a new deal for more powers for ...
