Entrenchment also works by relocating decision authority to insulated actors

Evidence

The previous two entrenchment strategies operate by shifting the relative power of groups with a say in the political decision-making process. A further strategy is to shift the locus of political decision making, empowering a different set of political actors and groups. For example, the delegation of authority to independent central banks is often viewed as a mechanism for resisting political demands by short-sighted politicians and popular majorities for inflationary and otherwise misguided monetary policies. — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 325

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces a strategy distinct from changing relative group power: shifting the locus of decision-making entirely.
• XREF: connects to: Entrenchment means past decision makers asymmetrically constrain future political choices. — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 486; Entrenchment can serve public-regarding precommitment, not only self-dealing. — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 71; Delegating to insulated agencies plus international agreements creates double entrenchment — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 369 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Delegating to insulated agencies plus international agreements creates double entrenchment #expands (0.90) — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 369
• Politically dominant groups knowingly design more insulated institutions. #expands (0.85) — Philippe Aghion, Alberto Alesina, and Francesco Trebbi, Endogenous Political Institutions, 162
• Elites design insulated constitutions to lock in favorable property-rights treatment #expands (0.85) — Philippe Aghion, Alberto Alesina, and Francesco Trebbi, Endogenous Political Institutions, 184