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  1. devolution, the transfer of power from a central government to subnational (e.g., state, regional, or local) authorities.Devolution usually occurs through conventional statutes rather than through a change in a country’s constitution; thus, unitary systems of government that have devolved powers in this manner are still considered unitary rather than federal systems, because the powers of ...

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  2. Aug 17, 2018 · The term “devolution” gained wider currency during the 1980's and 1990's when various observers used the term to describe developments that seemed to suggest a revolution in state-federal relations entailing substantial devolutions of power from the U.S. federal government to the states.

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  4. Jul 15, 1996 · The Devolution Revolution: Why Congress Is Shifting a Lot of Power to the Wrong Levels ... of regional planning alliance in order to get federal funds. Yet a devolution of power away from the ...

  5. Abstract For much of the twentieth century the landscape of American federalism was characterized by accumulation of power by the national government. In recent decades influential political and legal thinkers have called for devolution of governmental power to the states and localities, where, they argue, such powers properly belong and are more effectively exercised. One of the recurrent ...

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    • 2017
  6. The term “devolution” gained wider currency during the 1980’s and 1990’s when various observers used the term to describe developments that seemed to suggest a revolution in state-federal relations entailing substantial devolutions of power from the U.S. federal government to the states.

  7. Feb 1, 2022 · Its stability has been threatened by both the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit. Threats to the UK’s political unity have been met by ‘devolving’ power to the smaller nations – Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – by successive governments in Westminster. The economic components of these changes mainly focus on extending tax-raising powers.

  8. DEVOLUTION AND FEDERALISM IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVEThe word "devolution" became a staple in political discourse with the capture by the republican party of decisive majorities in both houses of Congress in the 1994 election. Under the banner of a "Contract with America," and directed by Speaker Newt Gingrich, who outspokenly demanded absolute ...

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