In contrast to the conformity that guides traditional society or the obedience to superiors that orchestrates command society, behaviour in a market society is mostly self-directed and seems, accordingly, an unlikely means for achieving social integration.
Even though Russia no longer has a so-called command society, in which a Stalin can order many thousands of Chechens to forcibly move to another province, as he did in 1944, Russian leaders still act as if they can rule with an iron fist.
"There's no reason why future generations of little Buffetts should command society just because they came from the right womb.
In Bahrain, on the other hand, the military seems to have concluded that adapting to change would do them no good — that the protesters were far too great a threat to their very command of society.
Americans in 1964 worried that the stern Soviets could command their society with greater precision -- just as American pundits now brood about how Chinese leaders can erect a gleaming skyscraper more quickly than we can get around to fixing a subway escalator.
Thus, the lawful power of making laws to command whole politic societies of men belongeth so properly unto the same entire societies, that for any prince…to exercise the same of himself…is no better than mere tyranny.
the lawful power of making laws to command whole politic societies of men belongeth so properly unto the same entire societies, that for any prince…to exercise the same of himself…is no better than mere tyranny.
Mills pointed out that the corporate, military and political elites were not separate spheres, but overlapping groups at the "command posts" of society.
Immigrants may express religious and cultural minority identities but must also become good citizens: they must be self-supporting, affirm liberal-democratic values, have good command of the host-society language and civic knowledge, and be loyal and inclined to participate in civic life.
Sadhus, estimated to number 4 to 5 million in India, command respect in Indian society and survive off donations offered in return for blessings and prayers.
