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social science subjects > politics and international relations > governance > good governance > decentralization
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decentralization  

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  • Decentralization is the act or process of assigning the decision-making authority to lower levels of an organizational hierarchy. When the organization's hierarchy has more than two levels, decentralization is described in terms of its degree. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies; Decentralization]

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