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Centralization

Centralization is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those regarding decision-making, become concentrated within a particular location and/or group.

In political science, this refers to the concentration of a government's power - both geographically and politically.

See also:

• board of directors, nationalism, nation-state
• decentralisation
• centralized system

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