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A centralized government is the form of government
Form of government

A form of government is a term that refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized in order to exert its powers over a body politic....
 in which power is concentrated in a central authority to which local government
Local government

Local governments are administrative offices that are smaller than a state. The term is used to contrast with offices at nation-state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or federal government....
s are subject. Centralization
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....
 occurs 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....
.

ntralized government is characterized in which the local governments are designated by the central Government of the country, like the local administrative authorities. In this type of republic unlike a federal republic
Federal republic

A federal republic is a federation of states with a republic form of government. A federation is the central government. The states in a federation also maintain all sovereignty that they do not yield to the federation....
, local legislative assemblies do not exist.

Nearly any government can be said to centralize their power to a degree.






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A centralized government is the form of government
Form of government

A form of government is a term that refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized in order to exert its powers over a body politic....
 in which power is concentrated in a central authority to which local government
Local government

Local governments are administrative offices that are smaller than a state. The term is used to contrast with offices at nation-state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or federal government....
s are subject. Centralization
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....
 occurs 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....
.

Characteristics

A centralized government is characterized in which the local governments are designated by the central Government of the country, like the local administrative authorities. In this type of republic unlike a federal republic
Federal republic

A federal republic is a federation of states with a republic form of government. A federation is the central government. The states in a federation also maintain all sovereignty that they do not yield to the federation....
, local legislative assemblies do not exist.

Nearly any government can be said to centralize their power to a degree. The term is applied to governments that vest limited authority to its subjects and often used in comparative terms, such as "highly centralized government" or "weakly centralized government".

As seen in history

In United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 history, a centralized government was something that the Thirteen Colonies
Thirteen Colonies

The Thirteen Colonies were part of what became known as British America, a name that was used by Great Britain until the Treaty of Paris recognized the independence of the original thirteen United States of America in 1783....
 wanted to avoid, for they thought it would overpower them.

See also

  • Centralization
    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....
  • Decentralization
    Decentralization

    __FORCETOC__Decentralization or Decentralisation is the process of dispersing decision-making governance closer to the people or citizen....
  • 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....
  • List of forms of government
    List of forms of government

    This article lists forms of government and political systems, according to a series of different ways of categorising them. The systems listed are of course not mutually exclusive, and often have overlapping definitions ....
  • Comparative government
    Comparative government

    Comparative government or comparative politics is a method in political science for obtaining evidence of causal effects by comparing the varying forms of government in the world, and the states they govern, although governments across different periods of history may also be the units of comparison....
  • Countries by system of government