Unlike in a unitary state, sovereignty in federal political orders is non-centralized, often constitutionally, between at least two levels so that units at each level have final authority and can be self governing in some issue area.
"Groups can be quite fragile because they are self-governing.
Unlike machines, whose governing functions are embedded by human designers, organisms are self-governing.
But it could not prevent them from doing so, because the congregations are self-governing.
Since its founding in 1904, the London Symphony Orchestra has been self-governing.
Since its founding in 1986, this acclaimed early music orchestra from Britain has been self-governed by the players.
Bosses are eight times more likely than the average to believe that their organisation is self-governing.
As Sen. Franken explained during today's debate, the system would provide incentives for accuracy (rather than for ratings that please issuers), and the board is self-governing.
The Swedish regional authorities that are accountable for the funding and provision of healthcare (that is, the 21 regions, also called county councils) are self-governing.
For Mackenzie, being self-governing is to have "normative authority" over one's decisions, which means that an agent must "regard herself as the legitimate source of the authority, as able, and authorized, to speak for herself…[S]uch attitudes towards oneself can only be sustained in relations of intersubjective recognition" (Mackenzie 2008, 4).
He said that despite their greater resources, American orchestras sometimes have less flexibility than his orchestra, which is self-governing.
