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	Subsidiarity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The principle is based upon the autonomy and dignity of the human individual, and holds that all other forms of society, from the family to the state and the international order, should be in the service of the human person.
		Subsidiarity assumes that these human persons are by their nature social beings, and emphasizes the importance of small and intermediate-sized communities or institutions, like the family, the church, and voluntary associations, as mediating structures which empower individual action and link the individual to society as a whole.
		The principle of subsidiarity was developed in the encyclical Rerum Novarum of 1891 by Pope Leo XIII, as an attempt to articulate a middle course between the perceived excesses of laissez-faire capitalism on the one hand and the various forms of totalitarianism, which subordinate the individual to the state, on the other.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Subsidiarity (984 words)

	Subsidiarity as a Rule and a Principle
		The subsidiarity principle principle not used in its technical sense variously has been called a constitutional principle [81], one of the general principles [82], and a structural principle of the European Union [83]; it has been said that it is at the centre of the definition of the new rôle of the Community itself [84].
		Subsidiarity, taken seriously, must be given an additional rôle as principle in its technical sense, with the aim, among other things, to defend the position of the subsidiarity rule [89].
		30 ECT and the principle of subsidiarity as principle
	www.jeanmonnetprogram.org /papers/95/9510ind.html (16264 words)

	President - Subsidiarity Principle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		The purpose of this paper is to examine the principle of subsidiarity as it appears in The Treaty on European Union and The Treaty of Amsterdam.
		Of particular interest is the emergence of the principle of subsidiarity as a political means to curb the supranational trend of the European Community, while at the same time it serves the European Court of Justice as a justiciable principle of Community law.
		The ECJ dismissed the claim of abuse of the principle of subsidiarity since at the time the case was brought Article 5 (ex Article 3b) was not in force.
	www.txwesleyan.edu /president/subsidiarity.htm (5002 words)

	Subsidiarity
		European Union rests on the principle of subsidiarity, as is made clear in Articles A and B of title I of the Treaty on European Union.
		The principle that the means to be employed by the Community should be proportional to the objective pursued is the subject of a well-established case-law of the Court of Justice which, however, has been limited in scope and developed without the support of a specific article in the Treaty.
		The principle of subsidiarity cannot be regarded as having direct effect; however, interpretation of this principle, as well as review of compliance with it by the Community institutions are subject to control by the Court of Justice, as far as matters falling within the Treaty establishing the European Community are concerned.
	www.physics.adelaide.edu.au /~jskuller/EU/subs_gen.html (2337 words)

	Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome
		The strong version of subsidiarity, however, "deals with the situation in which a given local community would like to decide by itself what kind of theological principle should be accepted as a doctrinal basis for its pastoral practice," said Archbishop Zycinki.
		In relation to subsidiarity, he noted that on several occasions the bishops had asked for further study, as recommended by the Extraordinary Synod of 1985, on the level at which this principle could be applied to the Church.
		The reluctance of not a few participants in the synod to apply the principle of subsidiarity to Church government stems from the nature of the principle as a sociological concept intended to regulate authority in political and economic spheres.
	www.zenit.org /english/visualizza.phtml?sid=11481 (1030 words)

	Encyclopedia: Principle of subsidiarity
		Subsidiarity is the idea that matters should be handled by the lowest competent authority.
		It is explicitly specified for the first time in the proposed new Treaty establishing a constitution for Europe.
		Protocol (http://europa.eu.int/futurum/constitution/protocol/subsidprop_en.htm) to the draft European constitution (http://europa.eu.int/futurum/constitution/index_en.htm) on the application of the principles of Subsidiarity and Proportionality.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/principle-of-subsidiarity (960 words)

	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT FACT SHEETS - 1.2.2. The principle of subsidiarity
		The overall approach to the application of the subsidiarity principle agreed in Edinburgh in 1992 thus became to a large extent subject to judicial review via the protocol on subsidiarity.
		The general aim of the principle of subsidiarity is to guarantee a degree of independence for a lower authority in relation to a higher body or for a local authority in respect of a central authority.
		Particular emphasis is also placed on this connection between the principle of subsidiarity and closeness to the citizen in the preamble to the EU Treaty.
	www.europarl.eu.int /facts/1_2_2_en.htm (1429 words)

	The Curt Jester: The principle of subsidiarity
		...The principle of subsidiarity, which teaches that a community of a higher order should not interfere in the activities of a community of a lower order, depriving the latter of its functions, is a first principle in genuine Catholic social teaching.
		If the principle - subsidiarity - is authentically Catholic, then the problem of oppressive corporate ownership is not resolved by "a national answer for poverty." If anything, the correct response is a distinctively local answer for poverty.
		It seems that the principle of subsidiary would suggest that just maybe familes, or at least groups of families who know each other as persons ought to control the means of production through wich their own labor produces wealth.
	www.splendoroftruth.com /curtjester/archives/005066.php (3032 words)

	SCADPlus: European Convention - EU decision-making procedures
		Principle of subsidiarity and the role of national parliaments
		The draft Constitution proposes adapting the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, which was attached to the Treaty establishing the European Community (EC Treaty) in Amsterdam.
		The main innovation is the creation of a system for monitoring the application of the principle of subsidiarity which for the first time directly involves the national parliaments.
	europa.eu.int /scadplus/european_convention/subsidiarity_en.htm (941 words)

	The Principle of Subsidiarity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		One of the key principles of Catholic social thought is known as the principle of subsidiarity.
		The Pontiff wrote that the Welfare State was contradicting the principle of subsidiarity by intervening directly and depriving society of its responsibility.
		Higgins stated that the "principle of subsidiarity is concerned with the relationship of the state to other societies, not with the nature of the state itself." This view is wrongheaded.
	www.acton.org /publicat/randl/print_article.php?id=200 (1320 words)

	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT FACT SHEETS - 1.2.2. Subsidiarity
		The purpose of including this principle in the European Treaties is to bring decision-making within the Community as close to the citizen as possible.
		In its judgments of 12 November 1996 in Case C-84/94, ECR I-5755 and 13 May 1997 in Case C-233/94, ECR I-2405, the Court found that compliance with the principle of subsidiarity was one of the conditions covered by the requirement to state the reasons for Community acts, under Article 253 (190) ECT.
		This requirement is met even if the principle is not expressly mentioned in the act's recitals but it is clear from reading the recitals as a whole that the principle has been complied with.
	www.europarl.eu.int /factsheets/1_2_2_en.htm (1411 words)

	SCADPlus: A Constitution for Europe - EU decision-making procedures
		The principle of proportionality is the second major principle governing the exercise of powers.
		By virtue of this principle, action taken by the Union, in terms of its form and content, does not exceed what is required to achieve the objectives set out in the Constitution.
		The Constitution adapts the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, which was attached to the Treaty establishing the European Community (EC Treaty) in Amsterdam.
	europa.eu.int /scadplus/constitution/subsidiarity_en.htm (1043 words)

	Subsidiarity
		A parallel to the Catholic formulation of the principle of subsidiarity is the principle of “sphere sovereignty” articulated by the Dutch Reformed theologian and statesman Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920).
		It is a weakness of the “libertarian” appropriation of the principle of subsidiarity that it tends to ignore the fact that the principle can be applied to all relations of associations, not just to cases where the state is one of the associations.
		The principle of subsidiarity requires positively that all communities not only permit but enable and encourage individuals to exercise their own self-responsibility, and that larger communities do the same for smaller ones....
	www.nd.edu /~ndphilo/papers/Subsidiarity.html (9282 words)

	EBSLG: The principle of subsidiarity in organizations. A case study
		Abstract: The principle of subsidiarity holds that a larger and greater body should not exercise functions which can be carried out efficiently by one smaller and lesser, but rather the former should support the latter and help to coordinate its activity with the activities of the whole community.
		Subsidiarity is an ethical framework for employee autonomy, initiative, entrepreneurial spirit, and responsibility.
		Reflection on the subsidiarity principle and the use of appropriate managerial tools proved successful in improving various aspects of this organization.
	ebslgwp.hhs.se /iesewp/abs/iesewpD-0566.htm (281 words)

	Subsidiarity as a Rule and a Principle- Footnotes
		[3] Special applications of the subsidiarity principle can be seen in the provisions of Articles K 3 (2) (b) of the Maastricht Treaty, 118a, 126-129a, 130 and 130g ECT and Art 2 of the Agreement on social policy; cf S. Langer,'Subsidiarität und Anerkennungsprinzip', 8 Zeitschrift für Gesetzgebung 193 (1993) 194.
		The Conclusions of the Presidency on Subsidiarity, adopted at the Edinburgh European Council of 11-12 Dec. 1992, Annex I to Part A, EC Bull (12-1992) 9, 13 (I.15, n3) quote Articles 118a, 126-129b and 130g ECT and Art 2 of the Agreement on social policy as "reflecting the idea of subsidiarity".
		The subsidiarity principle, on the other hand, is not an exception from general rules; rather, it is itself the fundamental principle of power allocation within the Community from which the Community competences must be seen as exeptions.
	www.jeanmonnetprogram.org /papers/95/9510ftns.html (8870 words)

	The principle of subsidiarity — a story of a well intended but weak principle \| CC - Bulletin \| ...
		Since the treaty of Maastricht, the principle of subsidiarity is part of the treaty on the European Communities (Article 5 TEC, formerly Art.
		The origins of the principle are rooted in the catholic social ethics, elaborated in the second half of the 19Th century and laid down in the papal encyclica “Quadrigesimo anno” (1931).
		Indeed this principle is more a political guideline than a juridical norm because of the soft formula.
	www.constitutional-convention.net /bulletin/archives/000093.html (576 words)

	Subsidiarity in the CCC
		A society is a group of persons bound together organically by a principle of unity that goes beyond each one of them.
		As an assembly that is at once visible and spiritual, a society endures through time: it gathers up the past and prepares for the future.
		is and ought to be the principle, the subject and the end of all social institutions."
	www.geocities.com /domachowski/CCCsubsidiarity.html (376 words)

	Dorothy Day's Lessons for the Transformation of Work - The Political Theory of Dorothy Day
		Subsidiarity emphasizes that local, community-centered organizations are the most efficacious, most conducive, and most responsive associations in existence for the fulfillment of social needs.
		The principle of subsidiarity, simply stated, holds that political and social activity should be reduced to the most immediate and local context possible.
		The principle of subsidiarity holds that government intervention in the economy is justified, and even necessary, when it provides help indispensable to the common good but beyond the competence of individuals or groups.
	www.catholicworker.com /hllj11.htm (6425 words)

	Homiletic & Pastoral Review - October 2002
		The principle of subsidiarity is based on the insight that all social life is not an end in itself but is ordered to individual self-perfection.9 It is not the mechanisms of the market, of “capital,” which result in economic progress but individual motivation and activity.
		The principle of subsidiarity is, of course, incompatible with collectivist ideologies and systems.
		Subsidiarity and a well-functioning free market work well together; both limit the power of economic and social centers and institutions.
	www.catholic.net /rcc/Periodicals/Homiletic/2002-10/rauscher.html (3963 words)

	The principle of subsidiarity and the scope of Article 30 EC: The division of competences and the free movement of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
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		Interpreter, n.: One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what it would have been to the interpreter's advantage for the other to have said.
	i16.jp /file/us/9175984253.html (199 words)

	Economics and Economic Justice
		The Pigou-Dalton principle of transfers says that inequality decreases (or social welfare increases) when an even transfer is made from a richer to a poorer individual without reversing their pairwise ranking (although this may alter their ranking relative to other individuals).
		The principle of proportional transfers (Fleurbaey and Michel 2001) says that an inefficient transfer in which what the donor gives and what the beneficiary receives is proportional to their initial positions increases social welfare.
		Solidarity principles are not obeyed by allocation rules which pass the no-envy test, and these principles point toward a different kind of distribution, named "egalitarian-equivalence" by Pazner and Schmeidler (1978).
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/economic-justice (11442 words)

	The European Union - Chapter 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		The guarantee of a more efficient Europe, closer to its citizens and more respectful of local and national identities: such is the principle of subsidiarity endorsed by the Treaty on European Union.
		The principle of subsidiarity applies to the Council, Parliament and Commission.
		At the request of France, among others, the European Commission has searched through all the existing legislation for measures which do not comply with the principle of subsidiarity because they are too confused, too pernickety or simply unnecessary.
	www.diplomatie.gouv.fr /frmonde/euro/eu05.gb.html (462 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| The digested read: European constitution, in the style of the original
		The Union shall have exclusive Competence in matters of monetary policy for the Member States whose Currency is the euro; those Member States that insist on keeping their own currency shall be regarded as Off-message Member States and shall be treated accordingly.
		The principle of voting by qualified majority, hereby defined as at least 55% of the members of the Council, comprising at least 15 of them and Representing Member States comprising at least 65% of the population of the Union, will be generally applied as the EU shall not be compromised by minority voices.
		However, the overarching Principle of Inaction shall be maintained by allowing any Member State a veto on foreign policy, defence and taxation.
	www.guardian.co.uk /g2/story/0,3604,1495792,00.html (634 words)

	¼Ú¬ü¬ã¨s©u¥ZºKn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		¡@ The principle of subsidiarity is concerned with distribution of power, in which tension between centralization and devolution of power has always been inherent.
		The principle was adopted within the European Community as a mechanism to mediate the division of power between the Community and Member States, and try to defuse political conflict.
		It probes the meaning and historical background of the principle, its relationship with federalism, and its practical application and influence in the political system.
	www.ea.sinica.edu.tw /lib/abstract/a30-2-1.html (200 words)

	The Principle of Subsidiarity and Freedom in the Family, Church, Market, and Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		My goal, then, is to examine how the principle of subsidiarity affects our understanding of the meaning of freedom.
		The principle of subsidiarity provides a way to order these four, recognizing that we have a need for social institutions of different sizes that serve different purposes.
		In our pursuit of freedom, we are not seeking a simple unit but a synthesis of the warm bond of family, the liberating spirit of divine forgiveness, and the more individualized freedoms of the market and of democratic government.
	www.acton.org /publicat/m_and_m/1998_oct/beabout.html (4581 words)

	Subsidiarity -- notable quotations from Catholic social teaching (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		The primary norm for determining the scope and limits of governmental intervention is the "principle of subsidiarity" cited above.
		This principle states that, in order to protect basic justice, government should undertake only those initiatives which exceed the capacities of individuals or private groups acting independently.
		Rather it defines good government intervention as that which truly "helps" other social groups contribute to the common good by directing, urging, restraining, and regulating economic activity as "the occasion requires and necessity demands".
	www.osjspm.org /cst/q_subsid.htm (160 words)

	Rethinking the principle of subsidiarity
		Its objective is to introduce a broader concept of subsidiarity in the present debate on the European Constitution.
		This proposal includes the idea of “horizontal” subsidiarity and the cooperation between institutions and citizens in policy making.
		A seminar in Brussels was held in December, 2002, with the participation of scholars, citizens’ organizations’ leaders and representatives of EU institutions and of the European Convention (click here to see the Brussels Report).
	www.activecitizenship.net /projects/rethinking.htm (165 words)

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