Cellular organizations resist suppression by understaffed governments.

Evidence

The “same high school or hometown or church” provides social relations on which the “study circles” are later built. The study circles themselves constitute a form of social capital-a cellular form of organization that appears especially valuable for facilitating opposition in any political system intolerant of dissent. Even where political dissent is tolerated, certain activities are not, whether the activities are politically motivated terrorism or simple crime. The organization that makes possible these activities is an especially potent form of social capital. — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 54

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes clandestine cell structure in resistance movements and 2001: A Space Odyssey’s themes only loosely; better connects to general work on decentralized resistance networks. — connects to: Overseas bases generate dependent communities that resist closure; Peasant resistance to conscription catalyzed a new regime of state control — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 490; Cellular organizational forms are especially potent social capital for opposition and crime. — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 54

Related

• Cellular organizational forms are especially potent social capital for opposition and crime. (similarity 0.91)

Broader Connections

• Overseas bases generate dependent communities that resist closure #corroborates (0.72)
• Peasant resistance to conscription catalyzed a new regime of state control #exemplifies (0.72) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 490