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el aumento del Estado

English translation: the growth of the state

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Spanish term or phrase:el aumento del estado
English translation:the growth of the state
Entered by: philgoddard

15:40 Dec 27, 2014
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Academic abstract
Spanish term or phrase: el aumento del Estado
Hi everyone! I'm translating an academic abstract and am struggling with making this sound natural in English. Thanks for your help!



El hombre del siglo XXI: sujeto autónomo o individuo descartable o incluso “matable”

RESUMEN
El individuo parece triunfar. Es a la vez, sujeto histórico, sujeto de derecho, sujeto psíquico y moral. Está en el centro de todas las preocupaciones. Sin embargo, la victoria de la racionalidad instrumental acompañada por el reino del dinero y de la empresa, ***el aumento del Estado*** y los repliegues identitarios que lo separan de lo colectivo, son signos de su real subyugación. No obstante, algunos elementos de reconstitución del vínculo social aparecen: la renovación de la familia, la desaparición de las grandes ideologías, un cierto dinamismo de la sociedad civil y el interés por la ética, muestran que el amor mutuo y la voluntad de asociación vuelven con fuerza. Aunque una sociedad feliz es imposible, no es prohibido tratar de erigir sociedades más justas y menos alienantes.
Lindsay Spratt
France
Local time: 23:48
the growth of the state
Explanation:
Or rise, or expansion. It means the increasing power of central government.
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philgoddard
United States
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3the growth of the state
philgoddard
5 +1big Government
Henry Hinds
4the enlargement of the State / Government
Marina Ilari
4the advancement of the state
Marian Martin (X)


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
the growth of the state


Explanation:
Or rise, or expansion. It means the increasing power of central government.


    Reference: http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/aumento
philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Edward Tully: "expansion" for me.
28 mins
agree  franglish
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agree  Jaime Blank
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
big Government


Explanation:
To me, that seems to be something that hits the spot; it's a popular term and at least I would like to offer it as an alternative.

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 15:48
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PRO pts in category: 132

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agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
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1 day 22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the enlargement of the State / Government


Explanation:
I think that the precise term in social sciences is enlargement of the government. I think that it would differ using state or government related to the location, if this were for US academia I would say "the enlargment of the government". Besides that, the text seems to be more related to a more european approach of social sciences, more of political philosophy than political science, therefore personally I would use state instead of government, but I think that it's preferential.

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Whether this vast enlargement of the government's role in American society helped or hurt the country's long-run prospects remains a question of great political

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functional distribution, redistribution and organizing the qualitative distribution, it can be expressed that enlargement of the government size with respect to

http://en.journals.sid.ir/ViewPaper.aspx?ID=209238


Marina Ilari
United States
Local time: 16:48
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2 days 7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the advancement of the state


Explanation:
One more option. Advancement in the sense of prosperity; "aumento" in Spanish also has this connotation.

Marian Martin (X)
Spain
Local time: 23:48
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