Subsidiarity is the principle of allowing the individual members of a large organization to make decisions on issues that affect them, rather than leaving those decisions to be made by the whole group.
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The chancellor knows that the principle of subsidiarity must be guaranteed and shownto work.
subsidiarity in British English
(səbˌsɪdɪˈærɪtɪ)
noun
1.
(in the Roman Catholic Church) a principle of social doctrine that all social bodies exist for the sake of the individual so that what individuals are able to do, society should not take over, and what small societies can do, larger societies should nottake over
2.
(in political systems) the principle of devolving decisions to the lowest practical level