Democratic centralism is one of those terms that make the eyes glaze over, like so many authoritarian and statist terminologies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cannot Resist] Reference

We believe in centralism which is democratically centralised.    From Wordnik.com.  [SPEECH BY DUMISANI MAKHAYE, ANC NEC MEMBER, OPENING THE ANC CONFERENCE OF THE MPUMALANGA PROVINCE] Reference

That is the greatness of the principle of democratic centralism which is the basis for the existence and functioning of a communist party.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Ganapathy, General Secretary, CPI(Maoist)] Reference

The core of the problem is the principle of "centralism".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference

And this centralism -- an infernal thing, horrible!.    From Wordnik.com.  [INSTITUTE FOR HYDRAULIC RESOURCES] Reference

"We are going back to centralism again (with the bill).".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Evidence of the ANC's centralism went beyond Parliament and the.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Organisational forms and practices based on democratic centralism.    From Wordnik.com.  [REPORT OF THE ANC NATIONAL GENERAL COUNCIL] Reference

We are a party, democratic centralism exists, and we must obey it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Castro Discusses Free Farmers Markets] Reference

In many cases autocratic centralism has replaced democratic centralism.    From Wordnik.com.  [STUART COMMISSION REPORT] Reference

The processes of “democratic centralism” then legitimized the change.    From Wordnik.com.  [MARXISM] Reference

Answer: Democratic centralism is not the same as bureaucratic centralism.    From Wordnik.com.  [CASTRO DEFINES THE THEORY OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTIO] Reference

This is how we have understood democratic centralism as practiced by the movement.    From Wordnik.com.  [December 2005] Reference

It is not exactly Leninist "democratic centralism," but it has the same net effect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Branches of Republicanism] Reference

Buenos Aires leaders, unable to impose centralism upon the Banda Oriental, withdrew.    From Wordnik.com.  [d. The Banda Oriental (Uruguay)] Reference

What we end up with is a mild case of democratic centralism (minus the communism part).    From Wordnik.com.  [A Cleggian idea fit for the District] Reference

Democratic centralism gives space for leaders to exercise creativity in their leadership.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Two Wings of a Great Movement"] Reference

In the balance between "democracy" and "centralism", the movement leans towards the former.    From Wordnik.com.  [Of cats, factions and a revolution] Reference

The greater the degree of centralism, the greater the chance of civil unrest - even civil war.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Our forms and practices are premised on the notion of democratic centralism in the organsiation.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC WESTERN CAPE PROVINCIAL GENERAL COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS] Reference

Its operations are guided by the principles of democratic centralism which includes the following.    From Wordnik.com.  [ORGANISATIONAL DEMOCRACY AND DISCIPLINE IN THE MOVEMENT] Reference

There you see a very concrete parallel with the concept of democratic centralism from the Soviet era.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference

While he was only extending a centralism practised by many of his predecessors, he all but completed it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Simon Jenkins: Toasting Tony] Reference

In such a situation we cannot shout 'democratic centralism', because democracy is absent in such a decision.    From Wordnik.com.  [CONTENTS:] Reference

This is what we mean by democratic centralism which informs disciplined behavior amidst various robust debates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Address by Cde Jeff Radebe, member of the ANC National Executive Committee and National Working Committee, Member of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, at the Political School convened at the University of Western Cape] Reference

And perhaps we shall learn as we do so that the alternatives are not careless pluralism and cast-iron centralism.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Hundred Years on from the Establishing of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, How Much Further Forward are We?] Reference

Peru has a long tradition of centralism, very different than the federal political structure in the United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peru: Puno Leader Seeking Greater Autonomy for Region] Reference

However, if it becomes a norm within the organisation surely the notion of 'democratic centralism' is misinterpreted.    From Wordnik.com.  [CONTENTS:] Reference

The notion of democratic centralism is one of the mechanisms used to arrive at decisions to foster unity and cohesion.    From Wordnik.com.  [CONTENTS:] Reference

Too much centralism led inevitably to the death of dissent, nepotism, and the erosion of accountability to the people.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

As Paddy Ashdown argues, localism and compromise not centralism will secure a stable political settlement in Afghanistan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

One thing is certain: we cannot just shout "democratic centralism" and hope we will toyi-toyi the problem of factionalism away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Of cats, factions and a revolution] Reference

Already it was seen that strong provincial government was a more accountable alternative to the centralism and national uniformity.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The African National Congress had a hidden agenda and would revert to its old policies of centralism if it obtained too much power.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

His father sits down and writes a 200 page memorandum to Tocqueville, explaining centralism, prefects, the power structure in France.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword] Reference

They cannot lose sight of collective leadership, of internal democracy, of democratic centralism and of the most stringent discipline.    From Wordnik.com.  [CASTRO READS MAIN REPORT AT PCC CONGRESS] Reference

Trish Law's re-election in Blaenau Gwent as an independent showed that constituency's deep-rooted hostilityto Labour-Cardiff centralism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Welsh Tory Revival] Reference

Party centralism is aimed first and foremost at ensuring unity in the Party; in its political line; in its leadership and in its action.    From Wordnik.com.  [SPEECH BY DUMISANI MAKHAYE, ANC NEC MEMBER, AT THE PARTY SCHOOL OF THE SACP IN MEMORY OF THE LATE SACP VETERAN, ALPHEUS MALIVHA] Reference

Question: In what form do you think democratic centralism will be applied to the United Revolution Party (PURS) that is now being set up?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CASTRO DEFINES THE THEORY OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTIO] Reference

Localism, not centralism, is the route to securing lasting security, and will not require such reliance on a corrupt central police force.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fifth columnists] Reference