Blog 3: Subsidiarity and the Proper Role of Government

Blog Topic #4: Define “subsidiarity” in your own words. How is the concept of subsidiarity as discussed in today’s reading related to “devolution”as described in your textbook? Google “devolution in Kenya” for an ambitious example of how governments might use devolution to achieve a desireable level of subsidiarity.

                      Subsidiarity is fixing and solving problems on the local level. It means not relying on the government to handle communities’ issues. Devolution is the basically the creation of government on ALL levels. The book defines devolution as the “delegating of power from the federal to state and local government. Subsidiarity and devolution are relatable because when setting up a new government (or new levels of government) taking into consider having government available in communities is benefit. Devolution is a result of subsidiarity. People begin to settle and govern themselves. This eventually leads to history repeating itself from the 1600s to the 2000s.  In 2010 Kenya’s constitution was written and put into effect. “The Constitution provided for, among others, enhanced checks and balances within the government, an enhanced role of Parliament and citizens, an independent judiciary, and a most progressive Bill of Rights.”