Responsibilization

Quick meaning: Responsibilization is a noun meaning (sociology) The transfer of responsibility from higher authorities to communities or individuals who are then called on to take an active role in resolving their own problems.

Meaning

(sociology) The transfer of responsibility from higher authorities to communities or individuals who are then called on to take an active role in resolving their own problems.

Example Sentences

Responsibilization is not an inherent entailment of devolution; there are decidedly more empowering and more democratic potentials for devolved decision making.

While responsibilization has become closely associated with neo-liberalism, with its inducement that individuals become entrepreneurs, it should be noted that responsibilization played a significant role in other historical periods.

Responsibilization strategies involve a series of new techniques and methods "whereby the state seeks to bring about action on the part of private agencies and individuals - either by stimulating new forms of behaviour or by stopping established habits" (emphasis in the original).

Word Forms

• responsibilizations
• responsibilisation

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include responsibilisation, deresponsibilization, deresponsibilisation, accountability, appropriation, decolonization.

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