Editing Reform

{{Short description|Large improvement of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory}}
{{Other uses}}
'''Reform''' refers to the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.<ref name="dictionary">{{cite web |title=Reform |publisher=Dictionary.com |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/reform?s=t |access-date=2023-02-16}}</ref> The modern usage of the word emerged in the late 18th century and is believed to have originated from [[Christopher Wyvill (reformer)|Christopher Wyvill]]'s [[Christopher Wyvill (reformer)#The Yorkshire Association|Association movement]], which identified “Parliamentary Reform” as its primary aim.<ref name="Innes">Innes, Joanna (2003). ''Reform in English Public Life: the fortunes of a word''.</ref> Reform is generally considered antithetical to [[revolution]].

[[Developing countries]] may implement a range of reforms to improve living standards, often with support from [[international financial institutions]] and [[foreign aid|aid agencies]]. This can involve reforms to [[macroeconomics|macroeconomic policy]], the [[civil service reform in developing countries|civil service]], and [[Public finance|public financial management]].

In the United States, [[rotation in office]] or [[term limits]] would, in contrast, be more revolutionary,{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} by altering basic political connections between incumbents and constituents.{{notetag|1=On term limits reform see, [http://www.ustl.org U.S. Term Limits]. On more radical/revolutionary changes, including term limits, see, for example, Robert Struble Jr., ''Treatise on Twelve Lights: To Restore America the Beautiful under God and the Written Constitution'', 2007–08 edition.}}
Reform capacity might be limited by the political system or [[state capacity]].<ref>Lindvall, Johannes. Reform capacity. Oxford University Press, 2017.</ref>

==Re-form==
When used to describe something which is physically formed again, such as re-[[casting]] ([[molding (process)|moulding]]) or a [[band (music)|band]] that gets back together, the proper term is ''re-form'' (with a [[hyphen]]), not "reform".{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

== See also ==
* [[Catalytic reforming]]
* [[Education reform]]
* [[Electoral reform]]
* [[Land reform]]
* [[Microeconomic reform]]
* [[Monetary reform]]
* [[Progressivism]]
* [[Reform (Religion)]]
* [[Reform movement]]
* [[La Reforma]]
* [[Reformism]]
* [[Security sector governance and reform]]
* [[Tax reform]]
* [[University reform]]
* [[Wall Street reform]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Further reading==
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*{{Commonscatinline|Reform|}}
* Harrington, Mona. ''The Dream of Deliverance in American Politics''. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1986. x, 308 p. {{ISBN|0-394-54973-2}}

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