A small province in a large European country feels that its ethnic and cultural heritage differs substantially from that of the country to which it belongs.The executive petitions the central government to allow the province to gain control over the design and writing of textbooks that are administered in its schools, a power formally held by the central ministry of education.The request is granted.This process would be categorized as:

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The process described in the scenario is devolution because a central power (the central ministry of education) is delegating power to a lower level of government (the provincial executive) to manage a specific issue (textbook design and writing) that affects the citizens of that province.

A Small Province in a Large European Country Feels That