centralization

Chretien gave his ministers a lot more leeway, so this centralization is not some immutable law, it is a matter of preference of the party in charge and the PM.

Matthew Yglesias » Checks and Balances 2010

The long-term centralization ofIndia, after the British left in 1947, also hurts local autonomy and growth of local political counterweights to demand better rural development.

When are India and its villages going to unite? 2008

They do not want to know that centralization is not only the death-knell of liberty, but also of health and beauty, of art and science, all these being impossible in a clock-like, mechanical atmosphere.

Reading from the fringes of dissent « Dyepot, Teapot 2006

For the kind of products Google offers, however, centralization is desirable in some ways because it makes a better service possible.

Reflective Surface - Archives: 2004 December 2004

For the kind of products Google offers, however, centralization is desirable in some ways because it makes a better service possible.

Reflective Surface - Trusting Google 2004

To maintain perspective and understanding in the atmosphere of centralization is a task that many able and conscientious people have found well-nigh impossible.

Why Do We Need Formal Organization? 1967

It just might be that a healthy respect for the nation’s constitutional past – or, better yet, a jettisoning of the Constitution and a return to the Articles of Confederation or something like them – will emerge as the realization sinks in that Soviet-style centralization is untenable.

House Judiciary Panel Hearings on ‘Imperial Presidency’ « Antiwar.com Blog 2008

Among those solidly against school choice, sincere true believers in centralization-in-the-abstract might not be 50% of the coalition, but I think they’re much more than 2%.

Satisfaction Guaranteed 2007

The advantage of centralization is that it’s simple to create something like the “Flickr Interesting Photos from the last 24 hours” page.

Who owns the wisdom of the crowd? The crowd. « BuzzMachine 2005

I'd like to see new ways to provide security that don't entail centralization of what code can run, especially since control of code blurs into control of content.

Is It Better for Businesses to Adopt Open or Closed Platforms? Ian Sherr 2011