liberalisations
Easing of controls
Liberalisations is the plural of liberalisation, the British spelling of liberalization.
These are acts of making laws, systems, or attitudes less restrictive.
The term appears most often in discussions of economic policy: trade liberalisations across the European Union, a series of financial liberalisations in the 1990s.
Removing governmental business restrictions
- privatisationTransfer from state ownership
- market reformsPolicies enabling freer trade
- trade barriersRestrictions on cross-border commerce
- tariffsTaxes on imports
quotas · free trade · austerity · IMF · World Bank · competition · foreign investment · capital flows
Removing governmental business restrictions
- licensingGranting official permission
- permitsGrants formal authorization
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
red tape · compliance · standards · oversight · market entry · barriers · telecommunications · utilities
Transition to popular rule
- reformsCorrective institutional changes
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- press freedomRight to publish uncensored
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
human rights · glasnost · perestroika · authoritarianism · transition · pluralism · elections · opposition
Abolishing criminal status
- legalisationFormal lifting of prohibition
- marriage equalitySame legal wedlock for all
- abortion rightsFreedom to terminate pregnancy
- drug policyRules governing controlled substances
divorce laws · LGBTQ rights · gender equality · religious tolerance · secularisation · progressive reform · cultural change · personal freedoms
deregulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
- privatisationTransfer from state ownership
- market reformsPolicies enabling freer trade
- trade barriersRestrictions on cross-border commerce
tariffs · quotas · free trade · austerity · IMF · World Bank · competition · foreign investment · capital flows · price controls
deregulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
- licensingGranting official permission
- permitsGrants formal authorization
- restrictionsLimitations on action
bureaucracy · red tape · compliance · standards · oversight · market entry · barriers · telecommunications · utilities · banking sector
democratisation
Transition to popular rule
- reformsCorrective institutional changes
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- press freedomRight to publish uncensored
censorship · human rights · glasnost · perestroika · authoritarianism · transition · pluralism · elections · opposition · dissent
decriminalisation
Abolishing criminal status
- legalisationFormal lifting of prohibition
- marriage equalitySame legal wedlock for all
- abortion rightsFreedom to terminate pregnancy
drug policy · divorce laws · LGBTQ rights · gender equality · religious tolerance · secularisation · progressive reform · cultural change · personal freedoms · lifestyle choices
liberalisationsrestrictions
Limitations on action
tightenings · clampdowns · crackdowns · curtailments · limitations
liberalisationsnationalisations
State takeover of industries
protectionism · nationalizations · collectivisation · trade barriers · embargoes