Adaptation capacity shapes whether socioeconomic change produces political violence

Evidence

If socioeconomic change is similar, differences in “adaptation” to it should be matched by differences in its consequences, including collective political violence. An example is the apparent relation (to be sure, small) between historical bourgeois radicalism and the relative lack of opportunities to become ennobled (see Shapiro & Dawson, 1972, p. 180)—a nice example of Pareto’s hypothesis. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4345

Categorization

• XREF: Barrington Moore and the landed-class thesis here connect to the broader grievance-vs-institution debate of the chapter. — connects to: Entrepreneurship, polarization, and rising uncertainty drive violence escalation across a boundary — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 773; Regime type determines the forms and intensity of collective violence — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 689; Collective violence shifts with changing opportunity structures, not static conditions — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 817