governmentalization
Making something governmental
Governmentalization is the process of bringing something under government control or making it more subject to governmental authority.
The term often appears in political and academic discussions about expanding state power: the governmentalization of healthcare, the gradual governmentalization of private industry.
It can be neutral or carry skeptical undertones depending on the speaker's politics.
Increasing administrative formality
- centralizationUnifying control in one place
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- institutionalizationEstablishing as norm or standard
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
officialdom · red tape · civil service · public sector · ministry · departmentalization · proceduralization · formalization
Exceed one's capacity
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
- bloatSwell abnormally
- inefficiencySuboptimal use of resources
- expansionIncrease in scope
intrusion · bureaucracy · centralization · authoritarianism · control · paternalism · intervention · regulation
Government acquisition of industry
- statismDoctrine of governmental dominance
- state controlGovernment-managed economy or society
- public ownershipState-held property or enterprise
- collectivizationForced communal ownership transfer
socialization · centralized planning · state intervention · dirigisme · public administration · sovereignty · authority · political control
Increase in scope
- growthIncrease in size
- transformationThorough change in form
- transitionChange from one state
- reformImprove by correcting faults
restructuring · modernization · consolidation · systematization · formalization · evolution · development · implementation
bureaucratization
Increasing administrative formality
- centralizationUnifying control in one place
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- institutionalizationEstablishing as norm or standard
regulation · officialdom · red tape · civil service · public sector · ministry · departmentalization · proceduralization · formalization · standardization
overreach
Exceed one's capacity
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
- bloatSwell abnormally
- inefficiencySuboptimal use of resources
expansion · intrusion · bureaucracy · centralization · authoritarianism · control · paternalism · intervention · regulation · taxation
nationalization
Government acquisition of industry
- statismDoctrine of governmental dominance
- state controlGovernment-managed economy or society
- public ownershipState-held property or enterprise
collectivization · socialization · centralized planning · state intervention · dirigisme · public administration · sovereignty · authority · political control · state apparatus
expansion
Increase in scope
- growthIncrease in size
- transformationThorough change in form
- transitionChange from one state
reform · restructuring · modernization · consolidation · systematization · formalization · evolution · development · implementation · adoption
governmentalizationprivatization
State sells public assets
deregulation · marketization · denationalization · liberalization · corporatization
governmentalizationdecentralization
Distributing power from center
devolution · localization · subsidiarity · autonomization · self-governance
govern, governor, governess, government, governments, governmental, governmentalized, governable, ungovernable