# Governmental decentralization

`kaal:entity:governmental-decentralization`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 6 claims that carry the concept tag `governmental-decentralization`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

6 claims across 1 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3808852-030](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808852-030) [definitional/asserted] -- 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.
  > 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.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization and Feedback Effects (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808852
- [3808852-032](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808852-032) [condition/argued] -- The degree of success in governmental decentralization is tied to the level of accountability instituted in the process, and accountability in turn depends on the availability of transparent public information that lets the community monitor local government performance.
  > The degree of success in governmental decentralization is often associated with the level of accountability instituted in the process. Accountability depends on the availability of information.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization and Feedback Effects (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808852
- [3808852-033](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808852-033) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Decentralization is not always efficient, because centralized economies of scale can create the near-optimal efficiencies for economic growth and decentralization may therefore result in the loss of economies of scale.
  > In fact, decentralization may not always be efficient as centralized economies of scale create the near-optimal efficiencies for economic growth.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization and Feedback Effects (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808852
- [3808852-035](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808852-035) [failure/asserted] *(failure mode)* -- Government decentralization at the local level can favor local elites and may overcomplicate the coordination of national policies.
  > Furthermore, government decentralization at the local level can favor local elites and may overcomplicate the coordination of national policies.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization and Feedback Effects (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808852
- [3808852-036](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808852-036) [definitional/evidenced] -- Silent governmental decentralization occurs without explicit policy: unlike affirmative reform, it results from inevitable changes in policy emphasis, networks, and resource availability, and can lead inevitably to a more decentralized system.
  > While most political decentralization is based on policy changes and affirmative reform efforts, silent governmental decentralization may occur as a result of inevitable changes in policy emphasis, networks, and resource availability.21
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization and Feedback Effects (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808852
- [3808852-037](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808852-037) [mechanism/argued] -- Governmental decentralization tends to occur during political or economic crises, because the fall of a regime and the resulting power vacuum causes power struggles, and it is during those struggles that forms of political decentralization emerge.
  > Governmental decentralization often takes place during times of political or economic crises. The fall of a regime and the resultant power vacuum often causes power struggles. It is during those power struggles that forms of political decentralization emerge.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization and Feedback Effects (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808852

## Verify

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