to centralize power
41General War Commissariat — Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, set up the General War Commissariat to oversee the army, as well as to levy taxes necessary to support the army. It soon became a bureaucratic machine for civil government as well. Frederick William used …
42Board of Control — In municipal government a Board of Control is an executive body that usually deals with financial and administrative matters. The idea is that a small body of four or five people is better able to make certain decisions than a large, unwieldy… …
43Askia Ishaq I — was ruler of the Songhai Empire from 1539 to 1549, elected Askia following the overthrow of Mohammad Benkan in 1537.Seeking to centralize power, he executed a number of local governors. After a failed Moroccan expedition against the Taghaza salt… …
44Charro (Mexican politics) — The struggle against charrismo is a major part of the labor movement in Mexico, as depicted in this protest drawing by Rini Templeton, ca. early 1980s. In Mexican politics and labor, a charro or líder charro ( charro leader ) is a government… …
45centralization — centralize cen‧tral‧ize [ˈsentrəlaɪz] also centralise verb [intransitive, transitive] to organize the control of a company, organization, or country so that one central group has power and tells people in other places what to do: • Shippers are… …
46Centralized — Centralize Cen tral*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Centralized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Centralizing}.] [Cf. F. centraliser.] To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control. [1913… …
47Centralizing — Centralize Cen tral*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Centralized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Centralizing}.] [Cf. F. centraliser.] To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control. [1913… …
48centralized — centralize cen‧tral‧ize [ˈsentrəlaɪz] also centralise verb [intransitive, transitive] to organize the control of a company, organization, or country so that one central group has power and tells people in other places what to do: • Shippers are… …
49centralism — centralize (also centralise) ► VERB ▪ concentrate (control or power) under a single authority. DERIVATIVES centralism noun centralist noun & adjective centralization noun …
50centralist — centralize (also centralise) ► VERB ▪ concentrate (control or power) under a single authority. DERIVATIVES centralism noun centralist noun & adjective centralization noun …
