# Democratic centralism { "id": "S85036648", "title": "Democratic centralism", "url": "/topics/S85036648", "kind": "topic-directory", "aeo_cohort": "topic-directory", "provider": "lcsh", "revision": "394627dc921b34fb", "catalogue_revision": "f050b5d4780b1289", "numeric_address": "9547635882954473988", "address_version": "morton4x16-v1", "coordinates": [ 0, 20, 17977, 40960 ], "answer_status": "Directory metadata; local answer requires separate source review", "truth_status": "Subject descriptor, not a factual answer or a demonstrated knowledge gap" } Here are entered works on the communist principle of hierarchic organization which seeks to combine democratic participation by the membership with strict obedience to the decisions of higher units, and with absolute authority residing, in fact, at the apex of the hierarchic pyramid. Directory metadata is not a factual answer or evidence of a global knowledge gap. Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036648 No owner-reviewed local answer yet.