Contentious repertoires vary systematically with location in regime space, datable from either direction.

Evidence

Clearly, prevailing forms of public, collective claim-making—contentious repertoires—vary significantly from one location to another within regime space. We can arrive at that conclusion from either the bottom up or the top down. From the bottom up, we catalog different sorts of contentious performances and then notice where they occur most frequently within the space. … From the top down, in contrast, we proceed regime by regime, locating regimes within the space, then map what varieties of contention predominate in different kinds of regime. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 432

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines bottom-up (catalog performances, locate their regime frequencies) versus top-down (locate regimes, map predominate contention variants) approaches.
• XREF: The bottom-up/top-down distinction parallels the reader’s own test design choices for whether Tilly’s framework can extend to the rights-asymmetry claim. — connects to: Repertoires vary with class relations, issue type, and gathering occasion across settings — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 314; A regime’s prior trajectory shapes its present repertoires — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 683; Laws of contention vary by regime type and era. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 365 (+5 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 432

Broader Connections

• Laws of contention vary by regime type and era. #expands (0.88) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 365
• Regime-specific histories shape the repertoires available to social movements. #expands (0.85) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 1172
• Regime change drives repertoire change more than popular consciousness does #expands (0.84)
• A regime’s prior trajectory shapes its present repertoires #expands (0.82) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 683
• Regime-internal shifts, not challenger agency or external pressure, initiate repertoire change #qualifies (0.78) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 657
• Tilly’s regime-contention model generalizes across states via adjusted mapping. #corroborates (0.76) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 663
• Uneven territorial control shapes the repertoire of contentious politics #complicates (0.74) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 193