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4 - Subsidiarity

A Theory of the State and Internationalism

from Part I - Conceptual Building Blocks of the Christian Democratic Ideology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2019

Carlo Invernizzi Accetti
Carlo Invernizzi Accetti
Affiliation:
City College, City University of New York
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This chapter examines the Christian Democratic conception of the state through a discussion of the meaning that this ideological tradition has historically attached to the concept of subsidiarity. Broadly understood as a principle of distribution of state power through its devolution both downwards to local and regional public authorities and upwards to international organizations, this principle is at the heart of all Christian Democratic political programs and manifestoes.

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Christian DemocracySubsidiarityCorporatismSovereigntyInternationalismRegionalismEuropean Integration
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What is Christian Democracy?
Politics, Religion and Ideology
 , pp. 111 - 138
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Subsidiarity
  • Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, City College, City University of New York
  • Book: What is Christian Democracy?
  • Online publication: 04 September 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108368162.005
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  • Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, City College, City University of New York
  • Book: What is Christian Democracy?
  • Online publication: 04 September 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108368162.005
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  • Subsidiarity
  • Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, City College, City University of New York
  • Book: What is Christian Democracy?
  • Online publication: 04 September 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108368162.005
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