municipalism

plural municipalisms

1. countableuncountableThe condition of being municipal.
2. countableuncountableurban studiesgovernmentThe 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

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   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