Disappeared violent street politics is explained by severed links and co-optation, not institutionalization

Evidence

Of course, my selective narratives fail to provide clinching evidence for these extensive arguments. The near disappearance of violent street politics instead of institutionalization of its major performances, furthermore, raises questions these principles do not answer. … Severing the connections between the ANC and its belligerent street-level comrades seems to have combined with co-optation of some comrades into civic organizations and government offices in the demobilization of streetlevel activism. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 656

Categorization

  • QUESTION: Tilly admits the framework cannot fully explain violent street politics vanishing rather than institutionalizing — an acknowledged gap the reader can build on.
  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 656
  • XREF: connects to: Suppressed political alternatives were crushed by violence, not proven unviable — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror…, 1109; Neoliberalism resorts to violent enforcement when local socialities reject its order — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1887; Political institutions perpetuate the violence that founded them (+2 more)

Broader Connections