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delegation  

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  • Delegation occurs in politics whenever one actor or body grants authority to another to act on behalf of or to carry out a function for the first in a political process. In such general terms, delegation is ubiquitous and a defining feature of politics beyond direct individual actions. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Delegation]

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