about The Reformist
the vision
The Reformist is concerned with how to reform government, judicature, education, regulation of medicine, science and technology, i.e. structures that affect society at large. the objective for each thesis tackled, is to compile a well-structured and cross-referenced collection of concise, readable documents that together make a clearly-argued case for reform and propose practical measures to be taken. the watchwords are: accessibility (avoiding jargon and linguistic complexity) and digestibility (concise and clearly structured).
the method
The Reformist invites contributions from anyone. editors consider contributions and extend and amend the relevant thesis accordingly. this avoids duplication of evidence and argument and ensures that the thesis remains accessible and digestible by anyone interested.
the resources
the organization and the web site is supported entirely by me, Edward Leigh, and I'm hoping that in time a team of editors, developers, researchers and promoters will come together.
thesis structure
three sections, three tiers
each thesis will consist of three sections: analysis, proposal and implementation. each of these will be divided into three tiers: summary, type-specific elaborations, locally-specific elaborations. there will be no limit to the number of articles in a thesis, but they will all be interlinked within this overall structure and they will be short (in the order of a single printed page of text). any article can link to any other related articles, external sources, examples, illustrations, references etc.
so, the three core articles of a thesis will be:
- analysis: summary of existing and theoretical systems
- proposal: summary of the proposed new system
- implementation: summary of what steps for implementing the proposal
each of these will be elaborated through a series of type-specific and locally-specific articles. here's a couple of examples:
thesis: system of government
- analysis: examination of existing systems and theories of government, looking at individual systems of government and types of government.
- proposal: description of an ideal system of government, detailing the structures, methodologies and distribution of powers.
- implementation: detailed steps for how to migrate existing systems of government to the proposed ideal; at the most detailed level this will include roadmaps for individual countries.
thesis: international sign as a universal second language
- analysis: examination of sign languages, second languages, and the teaching of languages
- proposal: description of an international sign language and how it could be used
- implementation: detailed steps for developing, documenting, publishing, publicising and teaching international sign as a second language