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Gleichschaltung

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  • noun The forced standardization of political and social institutions under an authoritarian regime.

Etymologies

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From German Gleichschaltung.

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Examples

  • The Nazis used the term Gleichschaltung to describe this process of

    Pro Libertate 2010

  • You might call it Gleichschaltung without Goebbels.

    Three Types of Civilized Societies « Isegoria 2008

  • The Nazi term Gleichschaltung, generally translated as “coordination,” is more or less the modern epitome of the type 1 design.

    Three Types of Civilized Societies « Isegoria 2008

  • The German word, Gleichschaltung, used by the Nazis in the sense of enforcing a rigid conformity, can give us some insight into this particular usage of coordination.

    The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994

  • The German word, Gleichschaltung, used by the Nazis in the sense of enforcing a rigid conformity, can give us some insight into this particular usage of coordination.

    The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994

  • First, there are lots of private schools in Germany - Waldorf schools, Montessori method schools and especially Protestand and Catholic parochial schools - that are unusually protected by the state (Article 7, Paragraph 4 of the Basic Law) BECAUSE of the notorious historical "Gleichschaltung".

    Dialog International 2009

  • As the EU conducts its own version of Gleichschaltung, Provincial Governors are under extreme pressure to complete the process of getting the Enabling Act (aka The Treaty of Lisbon) into law as soon as possible so that the writ of Brussels Diktat can start to run at the very earliest opportunity.

    Archive 2008-01-20 2008

  • As the EU conducts its own version of Gleichschaltung, Provincial Governors are under extreme pressure to complete the process of getting the Enabling Act (aka The Treaty of Lisbon) into law as soon as possible so that the writ of Brussels Diktat can start to run at the very earliest opportunity.

    Delenda Est Brittania! 2008

  • March 17th, 2010 at 1:02 pm health care is their Gleichschaltung

    The Slaughter solution, constitutionality, and precedent 2010

  • But he coined a term for the common objective: Gleichschaltung.

    Balkinization 2007

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