deoligarchisation

A form of deoligarchization — The act or process of reversing oligarchization, that is, the act or process of democratization by lessening the political power of oligarchs or removing them from influential positions.

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Meanings

noundeoligarchisation (uncountable)
  1. UKnonstandarduncountableNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of deoligarchization.

    Ukraine's reformers have wanted to wean the country off the oligarchs ever since the Maidan revolution, with only limited success. […] The process of "deoligarchisation", says Mr [Volodymyr] Fesenko, will be "complex and painful". But at least it has begun.

    2015 March 28 – April 3, “Ukraine's future: President v oligarch”, in The Economist, volume 414, number 8931, London: Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2018, page 56, column 2
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    On the other hand, the impact of migration of national big business into the leading administrative positions in the regions appears to be significantly less straightforward. This process took place as a consequence of the ‘deoligarchisation’ campaign conducted by [Vladimir] Putin at the centre and to some extent had a positive effect on the level of transparency of centre-regional dialogue.

    2010, Elena A[lexandrovna] Chebankova, “Conclusion”, in Russia’s Federal Relations: Putin’s Reforms and Management of the Regions (BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies; 63), Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 191
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