In a series of TV interviews, Darling appeared characteristically resigned to his fate, saying it was "the prime minister's call" whether he was removed, adding that no minister could resist the decision of a prime minister.
With the return to civilian government in 1983, the Mothers resisted the decision to pardon "dirty war" officials and vowed to continue their fight for justice.
But Mr. Weber was the most stalwart, resisting the decision by the rest of the council to intervene in markets for Greek, Portuguese and Irish bonds — a move some credit with saving the euro.
Only after public indignation over Brown swept through his state, and his chief political opponent accused him of being insufficiently zealous in resisting the decision, did he reposition himself as a racial hard-liner.
Mr. Biti, a lawyer and former student leader, resisted the decision to govern with Mr. Mugabe and has criticized Mr. Mugabe's policies and the repression of his critics even as Mr. Biti himself was facing treason charges punishable by death.
The experience in many countries has proven that it is more difficult to resist the politicization of decision-making when health managers interact with local political leaders without central controls [ 46, 57, 70].
The decision to resist the power and hegemony of the West by consciously emulating Western cultural forms lies at the heart of all of these changes.
