# kaal:claim:3808852-030

**Claim.** Governmental decentralization is the transference of responsibility and authority for public functions from centralized governmental agencies to centrally subordinated but quasi-independent public or private entities, and it is incommensurable because of its different kinds, degrees, and dimensions.

**Type.** definitional  **Support.** asserted

**Source quote.**

> Governmental decentralization describes the process of transference of responsibility and authority for public functions from centralized governmental agencies to centrally subordinated but quasi- independent public or private entities.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization and Feedback Effects* (2021), V. Governmental Decentralization, page 19

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization and Feedback Effects (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808852

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**Topics.** decentralization, institutional-design

**Keywords.** governmental-decentralization, definition, public-administration, devolution

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