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reform

vr.tr.reform · ACT.PRC

Let an agent handle reforms by domain, goals, process, actors and outcomes, neutrally and with sourced evaluation.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle reforms by domain, goals, process, actors and outcomes, neutrally and with sourced evaluation.

A deliberate change intended to improve an institution, law, practice or system, such as law reform, electoral reform, or historical reforms like the abolition of slavery.

What it is for: Improving institutions and correcting injustices.

It can be propose and design a reform; consult stakeholders; implement and monitor it; evaluate outcomes.

Distinguishing features

Deliberate improvement

Gradual rather than revolutionary

Needs a process and actors

Outcomes need evaluation

What it looks like

Laws, policies, programmes and institutional changes.

How it is recognised

Named reforms with dates

Domains such as law, education or health

Revolution implies more sudden change

Related models

is a kind of - category

social process

changes - object

law and institution

is contrasted with - rapid change

revolution

is evaluated by - method

policy evaluation

In practice

Families and kinds

law reform

electoral and constitutional reform

economic and fiscal reform

social reform such as abolition of slavery

administrative reform

Standards and regulation

Consultation requirements for law-making

Regulatory impact assessment guidelines

Failure modes and hazards

Unintended consequences

Partisan framing of outcomes

Reforms announced but not implemented

Also called

abolition of warabolition of slaverylaw reformEnd of slavery in Franceend of slavery in SpainCompensated emancipationpension reformwelfare reformbail reformimmigration reformhousing reformlanguage reformsimplification of Chinese charactersspelling reformreforms of Russian orthographyfeminist language reformproposed reform in EsperantoChinese character rationalizationreforms of French orthographyreforms of Portuguese orthographyVietnamese-language spelling reformEnglish-language spelling reformSimplified Tamil scriptStandardisation of Tamil scriptgender reform in Esperantogovernment reorganizationadministrative reform in Ukraineconstitutional reformColonization of the South Uralcultural reformtax reform in Belgiumpostwar reform in Japanstructural reformpolice reformchurch reforminstitutional reformcalendar reformsocial reformhigher education reformUnited Nations reform

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Scope Which reform.

Scope defines the reform.

Domain

Law, economy.

Domain

Domain.

  1. What domain does the reform address? definition
  2. What problem does it aim to fix? definition

Instrument

Law or policy.

Instrument

Instrument.

  1. Which law or policy enacts it? provenance
  2. When did it take effect? provenance
Process How it happened.

Process affects legitimacy.

Actors

Who drove it.

Actors

Actors.

  1. Who proposed and supported it? provenance
  2. Who opposed it? provenance

Consultation

Participation.

Consultation

Consultation.

  1. Were affected groups consulted? provenance
  2. How? definition
Outcomes Results.

Outcomes need evaluation.

Evaluation

Evidence.

Evaluation

Evaluation.

  1. What did evaluations find? provenance
  2. How strong is the evidence? measurement

Consequences

Side effects.

Consequences

Unintended effects.

  1. Were there unintended consequences? boundary
  2. Who was affected? definition
Neutrality Balance.

Reforms are contested.

Balance

Views.

Balance

Balanced account.

  1. Are supporters and critics presented fairly? boundary
  2. Are claims attributed? boundary

History

Context.

History

Historical context.

  1. What historical context shaped the reform? provenance
  2. Which historians discuss it? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should reform domains be separate entries?
  • How should named reforms be linked?
  • How should evaluations be recorded?
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