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What does polycentrism mean?

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Noun
  1. a political or cultural system which contains many different centres, especially centres of authority or control
  2. (genetics) (of a chromosomes, etc) the existence of multiple central parts
  3. the existence of more than one culture in a particular country or region
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A new space has been created for the emergence of a new polycentrism.
A visitor to Los Angeles today might hear the city explained in just the same way: as a network of nodes, a constellation of urban villages, an exercise in postmodern polycentrism.
Furthermore, after consultation of the Regions and their representative organisations, the Commission shall support a series of cooperation networks focusing on issues related to territorial cohesion and polycentrism.
In this regard, ACF adequately rose against former approaches that neglected the importance of private actors, as well as the polycentrism of the policymaking processes.
We must also work on the leitmotiv of the territorial dimension, which is polycentrism, and, of course, the use of new technologies.
While still fragmented and exhibiting degrees of polycentrism, a global commercial legal order is coming into focus.

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