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'''Reform''' refers to the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.<ref name="dictionary">{{cite web |title=Reform |publisher=Dictionary.com |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/reform?s=t |access-date=2023-02-16}}</ref> The modern usage of the word emerged in the late 18th century and is believed to have originated from [[Christopher Wyvill (reformer)|Christopher Wyvill]]'s [[Christopher Wyvill (reformer)#The Yorkshire Association|Association movement]], which identified “Parliamentary Reform” as its primary aim.<ref name="Innes">Innes, Joanna (2003). ''Reform in English Public Life: the fortunes of a word''.</ref> Reform is generally considered antithetical to [[revolution]]. |
'''Reform''' refers to the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.<ref name="dictionary">{{cite web |title=Reform |publisher=Dictionary.com |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/reform?s=t |access-date=2023-02-16}}</ref> The modern usage of the word emerged in the late 18th century and is believed to have originated from [[Christopher Wyvill (reformer)|Christopher Wyvill]]'s [[Christopher Wyvill (reformer)#The Yorkshire Association|Association movement]], which identified “Parliamentary Reform” as its primary aim.<ref name="Innes">Innes, Joanna (2003). ''Reform in English Public Life: the fortunes of a word''.</ref> Reform is generally considered antithetical to [[revolution]]. |
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Reform is part of the need for change versus time versus expectations- if expectations are contradicting change, good or bad, we may look to compensate in ways to contradict what we don't see in our real life. For example, a slow moving industry culture may breed a fast freedom loving underworld, in order to compensate for what we don't get in our day to day life in terms of stimulation and primitive instincts. However, a fast crime riddled culture may ask for social reforms that create a stable and safe family life as those are against the need to raise a child safely, instinctually. |
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If time and change are too fast or too slow, then other types of reactions are present- to slow a change, we need to incite a reaction to create a way to destabilize a system and have it reform itself in the aftermath, too fast we may find ways to stop responding or to protest new technology to keep the changes from destroying our stability and way of life in exchange for the needs of another group. |
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[[Developing countries]] may implement a range of reforms to improve living standards, often with support from [[international financial institutions]] and [[foreign aid|aid agencies]]. This can involve reforms to [[macroeconomics|macroeconomic policy]], the [[civil service reform in developing countries|civil service]], and [[Public finance|public financial management]]. |
[[Developing countries]] may implement a range of reforms to improve living standards, often with support from [[international financial institutions]] and [[foreign aid|aid agencies]]. This can involve reforms to [[macroeconomics|macroeconomic policy]], the [[civil service reform in developing countries|civil service]], and [[Public finance|public financial management]]. |
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In the United States, [[rotation in office]] or [[term limits]] would, in contrast, be more revolutionary,{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} by altering basic political connections between incumbents and constituents.{{notetag|1=On term limits reform see, [http://www.ustl.org U.S. Term Limits]. On more radical/revolutionary changes, including term limits, see, for example, Robert Struble Jr., ''Treatise on Twelve Lights: To Restore America the Beautiful under God and the Written Constitution'', |
In the United States, [[rotation in office]] or [[term limits]] would, in contrast, be more revolutionary,{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} by altering basic political connections between incumbents and constituents.{{notetag|1=On term limits reform see, [http://www.ustl.org U.S. Term Limits]. On more radical/revolutionary changes, including term limits, see, for example, Robert Struble Jr., ''Treatise on Twelve Lights: To Restore America the Beautiful under God and the Written Constitution'', 2007–08 edition.}} |
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Reform capacity might be limited by the political system or [[state capacity]].<ref>Lindvall, Johannes. Reform capacity. Oxford University Press, 2017.</ref> |
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* Harrington, Mona. ''The Dream of Deliverance in American Politics''. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1986. x, 308 p. {{ISBN|0-394-54973-2}} |
* Harrington, Mona. ''The Dream of Deliverance in American Politics''. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1986. x, 308 p. {{ISBN|0-394-54973-2}} |
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Latest revision as of 19:24, 26 October 2024
Reform refers to the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.[1] The modern usage of the word emerged in the late 18th century and is believed to have originated from Christopher Wyvill's Association movement, which identified “Parliamentary Reform” as its primary aim.[2] Reform is generally considered antithetical to revolution.
Developing countries may implement a range of reforms to improve living standards, often with support from international financial institutions and aid agencies. This can involve reforms to macroeconomic policy, the civil service, and public financial management.
In the United States, rotation in office or term limits would, in contrast, be more revolutionary,[citation needed] by altering basic political connections between incumbents and constituents.[note 1] Reform capacity might be limited by the political system or state capacity.[3]
Re-form
[edit]When used to describe something which is physically formed again, such as re-casting (moulding) or a band that gets back together, the proper term is re-form (with a hyphen), not "reform".[citation needed]
See also
[edit]- Catalytic reforming
- Education reform
- Electoral reform
- Land reform
- Microeconomic reform
- Monetary reform
- Progressivism
- Reform (Religion)
- Reform movement
- La Reforma
- Reformism
- Security sector governance and reform
- Tax reform
- University reform
- Wall Street reform
Notes
[edit]- ^ On term limits reform see, U.S. Term Limits. On more radical/revolutionary changes, including term limits, see, for example, Robert Struble Jr., Treatise on Twelve Lights: To Restore America the Beautiful under God and the Written Constitution, 2007–08 edition.
References
[edit]Further reading
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Wikiquote has quotations related to Reform.
Look up reform in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Media related to Reform at Wikimedia Commons- Harrington, Mona. The Dream of Deliverance in American Politics. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1986. x, 308 p. ISBN 0-394-54973-2
