institutional reform
Organizational change effort
Institutional reform is the process of changing how established organizations or systems operate—their rules, structures, or practices.
The term appears most often in discussions of government, education, healthcare, or finance: The commission proposed sweeping institutional reforms.
Reform implies improvement, though what counts as improvement depends on who's doing the reforming.
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- transparencyState of being see-through
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- open doorsUnblocked entrances
- public administrationManaging government agency operations
fiscal responsibility · rule of law · decentralization · inclusivity · level playing field · governance · good governance · civic engagement · transformation · clean slate · fresh start · public trust · constitutional amendment · performance metrics · checks and balances · power sharing · financial transparency · blueprint
- reformreformer, reformist, democratic reforms, structural change, overhaul
- sustainabilityreduce, reuse, recycle, sustainable yield, recycling programs
- political ethicsethical standards, public trust, conflict of interest, conflicts of interest, impartiality
- decommunizationstatue removal, lustration, plaque removal, de-Stalinization, denazification
- provisional governmentsprovisional government, interim government, caretaker government, interim president, interim leader
institutional reformstatus quo
Existing condition of affairs
conservatism · entrenchment · preservation · traditionalism · stagnation
institutional reformrevolution
Violent governmental overthrow
abolition · dismantling · overthrow · wholesale destruction · anarchy
institutional reforminstitutional decay
Gradual weakening of establishments
maladministration · misgovernance · kleptocracy · cronyism · patronage