liberal reform

collocation in English

meaningsofliberalandreform

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liberal
adjective
uk
/ˈlɪb.ər.əl/us
/ˈlɪb.ər.əl/
respecting and allowing many different types of beliefs ...
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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 ofliberalandreformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is related to the formation of a wider culture ofliberalreform.
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Without exception across the region, national regimes consistent with the structural foundation of theliberalreformperiod were established.
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There is little indication of anyliberalreformhere.
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However, theliberalreformperiod did witness the creation of structural conditions that strongly favoured the eventual emergence of these regimes.
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I downplay the role of actors and human agency as mechanisms linking the structural patterns established during theliberalreformperiod with subsequent regime outcomes.
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In either case, the decline ofliberalreformmay be less the result of the substitution of masculine with feminine values than of different formulations of the former.
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This article explains these contrasting regime outcomes by exploring the agrarian and state-building reforms pursued by political leaders during the nineteenth- and early twentiethcenturyliberalreformperiod.
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Theliberalreformperiod was a critical juncture precisely because actor choices led to the creation of differing institutions and structures that shaped longterm developmental paths.
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The fact that these social reform movements were unable to affect regime change suggests that the traditional-authoritarian legacy of theliberalreformperiod was already well-consolidated by the 1940s.
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He was extremely disappointed at the reaction to hisliberalreform, and what he anticipated is perfectly clear.
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