depoliticisation
Stripping away ideology
Depoliticisation is the process of removing something from the realm of political debate or control.
A central bank might be depoliticised by making it independent of elected officials.
Public issues can be depoliticised by framing them as technical or administrative matters rather than contested choices: The depoliticisation of climate policy frustrated activists who wanted it treated as urgent.
Also spelled depoliticization.
Skill from extensive practice
- managerialismGovernance through business methods
- bureaucratizationIncreasing administrative formality
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- evidence-basedSupported by verified data
data-driven · cost-benefit · efficiency · rationalization · professionalization · specialization · civil service · metrics
Absence of feeling
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- nonparticipationRefusal to be involved
- abstentionFormal refusal to vote
- indifferenceLack of interest
passivity · alienation · disaffection · voter fatigue · cynicism · disconnection · spectatorship · inaction
Improve by correcting faults
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- privatizationState sells public assets
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
devolution · outsourcing · secularization · marketization · autonomization · normalization · standardization · delegation
Cleaning to remove pathogens
- defusingNeutralizing an explosive device
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
- silencingStopping noise or dissent
dampening · blunting · dilution · sterilization · whitewashing · deradicalization · pacification · containment
expertise
Skill from extensive practice
- managerialismGovernance through business methods
- bureaucratizationIncreasing administrative formality
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
evidence-based · data-driven · cost-benefit · efficiency · rationalization · professionalization · specialization · civil service · metrics · algorithms
apathy
Absence of feeling
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- nonparticipationRefusal to be involved
- abstentionFormal refusal to vote
indifference · passivity · alienation · disaffection · voter fatigue · cynicism · disconnection · spectatorship · inaction · unconcern
reform
Improve by correcting faults
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- privatizationState sells public assets
deregulation · devolution · outsourcing · secularization · marketization · autonomization · normalization · standardization · delegation · corporatization
sanitization
Cleaning to remove pathogens
- defusingNeutralizing an explosive device
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
silencing · dampening · blunting · dilution · sterilization · whitewashing · deradicalization · pacification · containment · smothering
depoliticisationpoliticisation
Making something politically charged
politicization · politicizing · political mobilization · democratization · political involvement
depoliticisationpartisan conflict
Fighting along party lines
political polarization · culture war · weaponization · tribal politics · politicking
depoliticisationpoliticisation
Making something politically charged
politicization · politicking · political engagement · partisan conflict