David Cameron says he will "release the grip of state control", but he is replacing the state with a few firms that could become beyond anyone's control.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, however, that he would press on with the plan, which opponents see as a bid to expand his party's grip on state institutions and undermine the country's secular principles.
Instead, the Houthis tightened their grip on state institutions, including the main ports, the defense ministry and a state oil company.
Still in Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's grip, Libyan state television continues to feed its audience a warped mix of conspiracy and sham.
Bingu wa Mutharika and an ethnic clique consolidated their grip on state institutions, moving toward one-party rule reminiscent of the Hastings Kamuzu Banda era (1963 94).
Kabila's grip on state security forces is relatively weak, however, and his likely victory will not go unchallenged, Kambale said.
"Putinisation" loosely refers to the tight grip on state power exercised by Russian president Vladimir Putin, a figure who has long drawn sharp criticism in Poland.
Mr. Ponta, 39, leader of the formerly communist Socialist Party, has fired two ombudsmen from the opposition, dismissed directors of institutes responsible for looking into Romania's communist past and tightened his grip on state television.
Mr. Schundler has acknowledged that a recession could grip the state, and has said it would provide an opportunity to force spending cuts that would otherwise be politically impossible to pass.
Democrats are hoping Gov. Jerry Brown loosens his grip on state spending.
