political reform
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoliticalandreform
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political
adjective
uk/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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reform
noun[C or U]
uk/rɪˈfɔːm/us/rɪˈfɔːrm/
an improvement, especially in a person's behaviour or in the structure ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandreformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Some considered legal andpoliticalreform.
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Anti-corruption measures are the starting point forpoliticalreform.
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Political fund regulation should be legislated before otherpoliticalreform.
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This was the path thatpoliticalreformbills actually followed.
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This was the case ofpoliticalreformlegislation.
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That other reason was support forpoliticalreform.
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Who is pushing forpoliticalreform(who are the statebuilders)?
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If zero corruption is the standard for judgingpoliticalreform,politicalreformwill fail so long as politicians are human beings.
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This was true even of the issue ofpoliticalreform, though a commitment to some type ofpoliticalreform was the only issue that united the coalition partners.
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We would not trust a survey of politicians, even if it were available because, in the 1990s, even opponents ofpoliticalreformclaimed to support 'truepoliticalreform'.
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This made possible the existence of a majority preference cycle amongpoliticalreformalternatives.
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Politicalreformhas thus increased the value of a party nomination.
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On this question, we are inclined to emphasise the primacy ofpoliticalreform.
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He worked for moral andpoliticalreformand improved industrial relations.
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Instead ofpoliticalreform, the regime opted for martial law and political suppression.
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The frequenters took an active role in the political process ofpoliticalreform.
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Politicalreformhas made the enforcement of electoral laws more effective, if not yet perfect.
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These finding suggest thatpoliticalreformand economic liberalisation are complementary processes.
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The book ends with a conclusion which advances five basic assumptions about thepoliticalreformprocess.
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Institutional politics can fully account for this important policy innovation andpoliticalreform.
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Politicalreformwas enacted through a haphazard process of compromise and confusion.
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However, these figures grossly understate the degree of external support forpoliticalreform.
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In evoking it as a justification forpoliticalreformthere was little consistency.
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What it desired waspoliticalreformand a rule of law.
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