Electoral campaigns, social-movement performances, and WUNC displays fuse in nationalist politics across regimes

Evidence

These dramatic events could not have unfolded anywhere else than in India. Yet they combined a campaign (not just to build a Hindu temple, but also to attract political support for the BJP), a series of social-movement performances (associations, meetings, processions, and more) along with sensational displays of worthiness, unity, numbers, and commitment. In those regards, the political work of India’s Hindu organizers resembled that of nationalist social-movement leaders throughout the world, complete with the strident nationalist claim “We were here first.” — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 417

Categorization

• DEFINE: Shows the repertoire concept in action: a temple-building campaign as a bundle of performances from nationalism’s shared repertoire.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 417
• XREF: connects to: Sustained campaigns, public performances, and WUNC displays jointly define the social movement as distinct — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 1164; Color-coded protest identities spread across postsocialist regimes as WUNC displays. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 1259; The social movement is a synthesis of campaign, performance repertoire, and WUNC displays — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 334 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Combining campaign, repertoire, and WUNC displays asserted popular sovereignty. #expands (0.90) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 347