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bureaucratic centralism

bureaucratic centralism noun: a set of principles of organization whereby power is centralized and subordinate bureaucrats must follow decisions and carry out orders made by their superiors.

Noun

bureaucratic centralism (uncountable)

  1. A set of principles of organization whereby power is centralized and subordinate bureaucrats must follow decisions and carry out orders made by their superiors.
    • The bureaucratic centralism of German Social-Democracy, which re-echoed the “national” traditions of the Prussian barrack square, has been a damper on the labour movement of Germany to this very day.1935, Соломон Лозовский [Solomon Lozovsky], “III. The Struggle against Lassalleanism and all other forms of German Opportunism”, in Marx and the Trade Unions, New York: International Publishers, page...

bureaucratic centralism meaning in Vietnamese

bureaucratic centralism in Vietnamese

principles
tập trung quan liêu

Antonyms of bureaucratic centralism

Questions about bureaucratic centralism

What does bureaucratic centralism mean?
Bureaucratic centralism means a set of principles of organization whereby power is centralized and subordinate bureaucrats must follow decisions and carry out orders made by their superiors.
What is bureaucratic centralism in Vietnamese?
Bureaucratic centralism in Vietnamese is tập trung quan liêu. See Bureaucratic centralism meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is bureaucratic centralism?
Bureaucratic centralism is a noun.

Words near bureaucratic centralism in the dictionary

  1. bureaucrat
  2. bureaucratese
  3. bureaucratess
  4. bureaucratesses
  5. bureaucratic
  6. bureaucratic centralism
  7. bureaucratic inertia
  8. bureaucratic inertias
  9. bureaucratical
  10. bureaucratically
  11. bureaucratie

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