liberalizations
Easing of restrictions
Liberalizations are acts of making laws, policies, or systems less restrictive.
The term appears most often in economic and political contexts: trade liberalizations, market liberalizations, liberalizations of immigration policy.
Each instance refers to a specific relaxation of controls or regulations that previously limited freedom of action.
State sells public assets
- free marketCommerce without state intervention
- regulatory reformUpdating governmental oversight rules
- decontrolRemove official restrictions
- trade barriersRestrictions on cross-border commerce
tariffs · quotas · antitrust · market opening · laissez-faire · subsidies · bureaucracy · red tape
Transition toward popular rule
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- press freedomRight to publish uncensored
openness · glasnost · perestroika · constitutional reform · electoral reform · multiparty · dissent · censorship
Willingness to accept difference
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- permissivenessTolerance of behavior others forbid
- secularizationReligion losing social significance
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
diversity · equality · progressive reform · decriminalization · legalization · normalization · cultural shift · social reform
Policy easing trade restrictions
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- fiscal policyState spending and taxation
- monetary policyCentral bank economic controls
- currency reformChanging a nation's money
banking reform · financial deregulation · investment policy · shock therapy · emerging markets · capital markets · foreign exchange
privatization
State sells public assets
- free marketCommerce without state intervention
- regulatory reformUpdating governmental oversight rules
- decontrolRemove official restrictions
trade barriers · tariffs · quotas · antitrust · market opening · laissez-faire · subsidies · bureaucracy · red tape · market forces
democratization
Transition toward popular rule
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
press freedom · openness · glasnost · perestroika · constitutional reform · electoral reform · multiparty · dissent · censorship · transparency
tolerance
Willingness to accept difference
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- permissivenessTolerance of behavior others forbid
- secularizationReligion losing social significance
inclusivity · diversity · equality · progressive reform · decriminalization · legalization · normalization · cultural shift · social reform · civil liberties
market reform
Policy easing trade restrictions
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- fiscal policyState spending and taxation
- monetary policyCentral bank economic controls
currency reform · banking reform · financial deregulation · investment policy · shock therapy · emerging markets · capital markets · foreign exchange
liberalizationsrestrictions
Limitations on action
tightenings · crackdowns · regulations · controls · clampdowns
liberalizationsprotectionism
Shielding local producers
trade restrictions · trade barriers · embargoes · import restrictions · tariffs