Rethinking Decentralization in the Unitary States

Future Possibility
◦ Brooke (1984): “Probably the most thorough
account of the relationship between
centralization and autonomy suggested that
beliefs will swing towards decentralization
unless this is discredited by a series of
disasters.”
◦ Stoner & Freeman (1989): “The clear trend
today is toward more decentralization.”
◦ FAO (2006): “decentralization appears to be
the most appropriate policy of today.”
◦ Fleurke & Hulst (2006): “From the end of the
seventies, disadvantages of the centralized
administrative system became increasingly
obvious.”
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