Polycentric governance favors locally adapted rules that reduce domination.

Evidence

There is another sense in which polycentricity might help achieve non-domination. Pettit mentions that there are three important areas of policy-making that contribute to establishing a framework for enjoying freedom from domination. One of these concerns infrastructural programs, which basically create the minimal conditions that are needed in order to avoid domination: things such as a system of education, an effective public health system, and an efficient transportation system (Pettit 2012, 111). While there is no guarantee that polycentric systems will be efficient (Blomquist and Schroder 2019), they usually favour the adoption of operational rules that are better suited to the particular contexts. — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic, 77

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Elinor Ostrom’s IAD framework and commons governance literature; the ‘rules better suited to particular contexts’ echoes what I’ve read about Ostrom’s design principles. — connects to: Polycentric governance can generate republican norms without state coercion — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic: Social…, 1; Polycentric governance structures enable citizens to resist domination through multiple remedies. — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic: Social…, 9; Spanish decentralization under Zapatero improved non-dominating governance prospects. — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic: Social…, 56 (+3 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic: Social…, 77

Related

• Polycentric governance structures enable citizens to resist domination through multiple remedies. (similarity 0.88)
• Polycentric governance exceeds federalism by adding crosscutting jurisdictions and non-state actors. (similarity 0.86)
• Spanish decentralization under Zapatero improved non-dominating governance prospects. (similarity 0.85)
• Polycentric governance can generate republican norms without state coercion (similarity 0.82)
• Dispersing state power across independent governance centers protects liberty without over-complicating rules. (similarity 0.81)
• Decentralized pursuit of non-domination breeds accumulating petty despotisms, not freedom (similarity 0.80)
• Freedom requires a well-ordered institutional framework to reduce domination. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Freedom requires a well-ordered institutional framework to reduce domination. #qualifies (0.80) — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic, 3
• Absence of centralized authority can foster trust and cohesion. #corroborates (0.78) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 92