government reform
Changing state systems
Government reform refers to deliberate changes in how a government operates—its structures, processes, or policies.
Reform efforts typically aim to reduce corruption, increase efficiency, or improve accountability: The candidate campaigned on government reform.
The phrase often signals a push to fix perceived dysfunction: Government reform is easier to promise than deliver.
- red tapeBureaucratic obstacles to action
- drain the swampEliminate systemic corruption
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- anti-discrimination lawsLegislation forbidding unequal treatment
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
redistricting · proportional representation · sunset clauses · election monitoring · town hall meetings · whistleblower protections · ranked-choice voting · voting rights · term limits · constitutional amendments · sunshine laws · ombudsman · checks and balances · separation of powers · freedom of information · organizational hierarchy
- Government Reformrestructuring, streamlining, budget cuts, consolidation, cost cutting
- Thai governmentprovince, municipality, subdistrict, village, Bangkok
- French governmentregions, prefecture, departments, communes, departement
- Kanji Reformtraditional forms
government reformrevolution
Violent governmental overthrow
coup · overthrow · regime change · violent overthrow · coup d'état
government reformgovernment corruption
Officials exploiting public trust
institutional decay · regression · deterioration · entrenchment · state capture
government reformstatus quo
Existing condition of affairs
conservatism · preservation · traditionalism · entrenchment · obstructionism
government, reform, govern, governor, governed, governing, governance, governmental, governess