subsidiarity
IPA: sʌbsˈɪdiɛrɪti
noun
- The principle that initiative (whether in government, business or religion) ought to reside at the lowest feasible level (i.e. at the local or regional level, instead of the national or supranational level, unless the latter presents clear advantages)
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Examples of "subsidiarity" in Sentences
- It is the complement of subsidiarity.
- It's somewhat a principle of subsidiarity ...
- His major ideas include sociality and subsidiarity.
- Celebrity adoptions and the subsidiarity principle.
- Distributism puts great emphasis on the principle of subsidiarity.
- I was splitting the Subsidiarity article as it was a mess of two ideas.
- It supports European integration on basis of the subsidiarity principle.
- Relegated to the bottom of the Preamble, being hedged in by subsidiarity.
- The initial inquiry in subsidiarity is always, At what level can this problem be solved?
- The initial inquiry in subsidiarity is always, “At what level can this problem be solved?”
- The word subsidiarity is derived from the Latin word subsidiarius and has its origins in Catholic social teaching.
- And pace Brennan, it is not clear to me that there is one univocal version of subsidiarity, at least as it arises out of the early modern period.
- To achieve this, the principle of subsidiarity is a useful criterium and national parliaments have a function to fulfill in the application of that subsidiarity.
- The Commission will observe the principles of subsidiarity and complementarity and will essentially confine itself to acting as a link or as a catalyst and ensuring European added value.
- The principle of subsidiarity is opposed to certain forms of centralization, bureaucratization, and welfare assistance and to the unjustified and excessive presence of the State in public mechanisms.
- Most bishops voicing concern about overzealous government base their arguments in the Catholic social teaching of "subsidiarity" - essentially, that decisions are best made at the lowest level possible.
- (b) by seeing to it that the principle of subsidiarity is respected in accordance with the procedures provided for in the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;
- As regards the specific Welsh aspects and Welsh Assembly and Welsh Assembly Government aspects, namely the subsidiarity provisions, they could of course be achieved without the great five-act-play Lisbon Treaty.