Contentious gatherings as defined are not restricted to disorderly events

Evidence

To study the strategy of conflict is to take the view that most conflict situations are essentially bargaining situations. They are situations in which the ability of one participant to gain his ends is dependent to an important degree on the choices or decisions that the other participant will make. — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 21 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Calling an event ‘riot’ or ‘revolution’ is itself a consequential claim; Conflict situations are essentially bargaining situations — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 21

Broader Connections

• Calling an event ‘riot’ or ‘revolution’ is itself a consequential claim #expands (0.80)
• Conflict situations are essentially bargaining situations #expands (0.72) — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 21