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apartheid
a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa
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glasnost
a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems
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social action
a social policy of reform (especially socioeconomic reform)
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nativism
the policy of perpetuating native cultures (in opposition to acculturation)
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affirmative action
a policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities
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fence mending
social action to improve poor relations (especially in politics)