Meaning of umbrellaism | Babel Free

Definitions

The use of umbrella organizations as an organizational and funding structure.

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Examples

“Idle workers stoned British troops in Limassol and tried to mass in Nicosia's square, but the Tommies and police fixed bayonets, swing clubs, fired tear gas, arrested 209 demonstrators and generally let it be known that with the coming of Fighting John Harding, Cyprus' era of tolerant umbrellaism was over.”

“Mental health as a movement, in becoming comprehensive, has expanded and all but lost its identity in social and health umbrellaism.”

“Lord Whitelaw, then Chairman of the Conservative Partyy Policy Committee, considered that departmentalism would be more effective than umbrellaism.”

“Regarding umbrella entities, the project could end up giving them too much power by recognizing union federations and also offering these entities the possibility of overlapping unions at the bottom of the pyramid, and creating "umbrellaism” as had once existed.”

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