# kaal:claim:3782192-034

**Claim.** Large decentralized networks such as national democracies do not make fundamental changes easily, because stability is their primary quality.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- large decentralized networks such as national democracies

**Source quote.**

> Large decentralized networks, like national democracies, don't make fundamental changes easily. Stability is their pri- mary quality.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Introduction to Decentralization* (2021), Present, page 9

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Introduction to Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782192

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**Topics.** decentralization, institutional-design

**Keywords.** decentralization, stability, institutional-change, democracy

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