Regional Autonomy

Regional autonomy is the term for the decentralization of governance to outlying regions. Recent examples of disputes over autonomy include:

  • The Basque region of Spain
  • The Catalonian region of Spain
  • The disputes over autonomy of provinces in Indonesia.

Current examples of autonomous regions include the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China and the Cherokee Nation in the United States.

Famous quotes containing the word autonomy:

    “If the Russians have gone too far in subjecting the child and his peer group to conformity to a single set of values imposed by the adult society, perhaps we have reached the point of diminishing returns in allowing excessive autonomy and in failing to utilize the constructive potential of the peer group in developing social responsibility and consideration for others.”
    —Urie Bronfenbrenner (b. 1917)