Are there any sociological studies in favor of the principle of subsidiarity?

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The Catholic principle of subsidiarity is the principle that societal actions should be done at the most local level possible.

Is there any sociological research on this?
 
It was an interesting question, is there research to support it.

Most of what I found are references to it’s adoption as a principle of governance by the EU. It’s is argued as a point of ‘common sense’ I believe rather than a principle that has been tested with a control group.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/subsidiarity


This link is specific to US Bishops tendency to ignore the principle.

 
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po18guy said:
Maybe its proponent, G.K. Chesterton, did some…
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Chesterton was the greatest writer in the English language second to Shakespeare, but he wasn’t a research sociologist. The problem, as he himself would have said, is that people in the West don’t have an idea what “the good” is, so it’s hard to evaluate (in secular academic terms) subsidiarity in terms of success.

I think it’s a success when it’s been tried but have the same values of GKC, which means common sense.
 
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