The clout of religious political parties in Israel and the Orthodox control over many civic rites have distressed, even alienated, American Jews, 90percentt of whom are non-Orthodox.
Mr. Putin has made stability a watchword for his administration, and that appears to involve a centralization of power and tightened control over independent organizations, including civic groups and the press.
Backers of Mr. Capriles and bystanders who happened upon the campaign event voiced deep dissatisfaction with Mr. Chávez's government, citing a high crime rate, food shortages, corruption, a failure to deliver on promises and the president's almost total control over most aspects of government and civic life.
Since Madonna and I have a lot in common, such as demanding jobs and children and having dated Warren Beatty — O.K., two out of three — I vowed to follow her example and fulfill my civic duty without sacrificing control over my life.
The people who control the civic association are predominantly Jewish and are in real estate.
Do cases like Felton reveal a fundamental tension between corporate control and civic values because people do not care to make sacrifices for a private company's profits?
For the state's 566 municipalities, 616 school districts, 186 fire districts and 21 county governments, such independence is considered almost a God-given right — a source of civic pride, municipal jobs and control over zoning.
What he's struggled with is winning over the civic groups that have some control over these patches of parkland.
Rupert Murdoch broke the civic compact of this country, achieving a degree of control over the central institutions of a free society, the press, police, and politicians.
He said the SNP had refused to get involved in any of the political processes which led to devolution, or which enhanced Holyrood's powers, including the constitutional convention of the 1990s with Labour, the trade unions and civic society, or the Calman commission, which led to Scotland winning control over income tax from 2016.
