Balkanisation

See also: balkanisation

English

Etymology

From Balkan +‎ -isation.

Noun

Balkanisation (countable and uncountable, plural Balkanisations)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Balkanization.
   • 2025 February 19, Paul Clifton, “I am absolutely committed to reforming the railway”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 41:

     "For myself, because of the baggage of 30 years of balkanisation, I think the elegant solution is to take operations back into the public sector. It will mean you can have a whole-industry approach to running the railway, unencumbered by contractual differences."