Contentious gatherings are defined as public, collective claim-making events involving ten or more people

Evidence

A CG is an occasion on which ten or more people gathered in a publicly accessible place and visibly made claims that, if realized, would affect the interests of at least one person outside their number. In principle, CGs include almost all events that authorities, observers, or historians of the time would have called “riots,” “outrages,” or “disturbances” as well as even more that would fall under such headings as “public meeting,” “procession,” and “demonstration”. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 309

Categorization

• DEFINE: This is Tilly’s formal operational definition of what counts as a contentious event; grasping it precisely matters for knowing the scope and limits of his empirical claims.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 309
• XREF: connects to: Contentious politics is defined by government involvement in claims among groups — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 135; Contentious gatherings as defined are not restricted to disorderly events; Contentious politics is collective claim-making for power and advantage — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 114 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Contentious politics is collective claim-making for power and advantage #expands (0.88) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 114
• Political contention requires public, collective claims implicating a government. #qualifies (0.84)
• Contention is political only when claims are public and governmental #qualifies (0.83) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 131
• Contentious gatherings as defined are not restricted to disorderly events #qualifies (0.82)