revolution, evolution and reform

According to Johnson, revolution is, “... the purposive implementation of a strategy of violence in order to effect a change in social structure.” and “One kind of change, the only kind that is compatible with homeostatic equilibrium, is ‘evolutionary’ change.  Such evolutionary changes are made by actors in systems, but the intentions of the actors in making them are not to bring about structural changes, evolutionary or otherwise.”[i]

 Hence, neither “revolution” nor “evolution”, according to Johnson’s definitions, describes what I am hoping to see done.  On the other hand, the dictionary[ii] defines evolutions as, “A gradual process in which something changes into a significantly different, especially more complex or more sophisticated, form.”  However, I view the process I am discussing leading to a less complex rather than a more complex form, so “evolution” also seems inappropriate.  Hence, I have settled on the use of the word “reform”, which the same dictionary defines as: ”To improve by alteration, correction of error, or removal of defects.”