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24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 4. Changing the State / a. Centralisation

[increasing control by a dominant group]

5 ideas
In Europe it is thought that local government is best handled centrally [Tocqueville]
The upholding of the military state is needed to maintain the strong human type [Nietzsche]
No central authority can initiate decentralisation [Weil]
Power is localised, so we either have totalitarian centralisation, or local politics [Foucault, by Gutting]
Big central government only exists as a focus for anger - not to act [Fisher]