Centralization

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Centralization (or centralisation) 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, into a centralized government.

[edit] See also

• Board of directors
• Centralized system
• Centralization (phonetics)
• Chess terminology
• Decentralization
• Nationalism
• Nation-state
• Totalitarianism