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municipalism en · NOUN

Etymology

From municipal + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The condition of being municipal.
2. (countable, qualifier:urban studies, uncountable) The political philosophy or practice of preferring public services administered by local government and local organisations.
   • Extensive welfare provision such as coal, grocery packages and clothing soon became a characteristic of RP municipalism. 2017 September 22, Charlotte Joppien, Municipal Politics in Turkey: Local Government and Party Organisation, Routledge, →ISBN:
   • Rochdale socialists, for example, evinced an equally keen interest in municipalism within the context of socialist unity. Moreover, municipal intervention did not always strike a chord with the interests of local trade unions. 2019 July 31, David James, Centennial History of the Independent Labour Party, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 57:

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