Subsidiarity and the People

Subsidiarity holds responsibility in caring out certain functions, these functions are carried out by lowest level of the government, but they have to be performed efficiently and most importantly have to be successful in doing so. If the lower levels of government fail to carry out whatever action then higher levels of government intervene. The concept of subsidiarity is related to “devolution” in the sense that the federal government passes over the power of delegation to state and local government. The main purpose of both subsidiarity and devolution is to increase participation of the people. This opportunity in giving lower level governments the chance to run their own city, community or state gives all people the right to participate in the economic, political and cultural life of society, as well as the chance to make important decisions that affect their community. Also with this individuals accomplishments that they made on their own can not be taken away from them by a higher authority.