Corrective Movement (Arabic: الحركة التصحيحية, romanized: al-Ḥarakah at-Taṣḥīḥīyya), also known as the Corrective Methods, was a revolutionary political, social and economic reformist program, launched by new leader of Ba'athist Syria, Hafez al-Assad, soon after he came to power in so-called Corrective Revolution in 1970. The Corrective Movement program was also compared to Mikhail Gorbachev's future perestroika program. The main policies of the program were a move away from radicalism in changing Syrian society, a move away from the one-party system, increased recruitment of the population to the Ba'ath Party, and a limited degree of economic and political liberalization.

The Corrective Movement program was the new government's reaction to the results of the extremely radical and aggressive policies of its predecessor, Salah Jadid, and was marked by a number of political and economic relaxations and changes (especially in the first decade). Reforms eventually succeeded in eradicating some of the socialist excesses of the radical Ba'athists who preceded him and improved relations with the Sunni Arab merchant class. Program also led to the huge militarization of Syria and constitutional centralization of power in president's hands.

When the communist regimes in the Eastern Bloc collapsed, an ideological crisis within the government arose. However, Assad and his supporters hit back, stating that because of the "Corrective Movement under the leadership of the warrior Hafez al-Assad", the principles of economic and political pluralism, which had been introduced "some two decades" beforehand, safeguarded the Syrian government from the possibility of collapse.

As the Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Sharaa stated, "I am not exaggerating when I say that the Corrective Movement, which took place in 1970 under the leadership of Hafez al-Assad ... has crystallized for the first time in modern Arab history a mature and realistic pan-Arab ideology."

However, as a result of the program, Syria also faced a number of economic and political problems, such as shortages of goods and austerity policy in the 1980s, as well as the formation of a totalitarian Assadist dictatorship and the gradual isolation of Syria from the entire region.

Since 1966, Syria has been effectively ruled by General Salah Jadid. Jadid, who held radical pro-Marxist views, became the first major ideologist of neo-Ba'athism. The rule of Jadid's Marxist-Leninist regime was characterized by brutal repressions, the harsh imposition of atheism and far-left reforms. Jadid's swift and harsh imposition of such radical measures was extremely unpopular inside the country.

Almost immediately after coming to power, Jadid reorganized all state intelligence agencies, centralizing their activities and management under the National Security Bureau, which gained a sad reputation for its brutal methods of torture and imprisonment of political prisoners.

The Jadid regime adopted a Marxist program of rapid economic development. Jadid and his supporters prioritised socialism and the "internal revolution", promoted the idea of class struggle and attempted a socialist transformation of Syrian society at a forced pace, creating unrest and economic difficulties. As the state assumed greater control over economic decision-making by adopting centralized planning and strictly regulating commercial transactions, Syria experienced a substantial loss of skilled workers, administrators, and their capital. The properties of traders, local businessmen and land owners were confiscated by Jadid's radical leftist regime, while the Syrian military forces became thoroughly politicized with neo-Ba'athist officers.