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Centralization is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those regarding decision-making, become concentrated within a particular location
Location (geography)

In geography, location is a position or point in physical space that something occupies on Earths' surface. An reality location can often be designated using a specific pairing of latitude and longitude, a Cartesian coordinate system grid , a Spherical coordinate system, or an ellipsoid-based system ....
 and/or group.

In political science
Political science

Political science is a social science concerned with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior....
, this refers to the concentration of a government
Government

Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
's power - both geographically
Geography

Geography is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth"....
 and politically
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
, into a centralized government
Centralized government

A centralized government is the form of government in which power is concentrated in a central authority to which local governments are subject....
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Centralization is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those regarding decision-making, become concentrated within a particular location
Location (geography)

In geography, location is a position or point in physical space that something occupies on Earths' surface. An reality location can often be designated using a specific pairing of latitude and longitude, a Cartesian coordinate system grid , a Spherical coordinate system, or an ellipsoid-based system ....
 and/or group.

In political science
Political science

Political science is a social science concerned with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior....
, this refers to the concentration of a government
Government

Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
's power - both geographically
Geography

Geography is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth"....
 and politically
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
, into a centralized government
Centralized government

A centralized government is the form of government in which power is concentrated in a central authority to which local governments are subject....
.

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