Intermittent violent actors must be read against the full political context of their regime
Evidence
Similarly, you begin to think more systematically about those “masked gunmen” in Pakistan once you recall that the Pakistani president, Pervez Musharraf, came to power in a military coup, still heads the armed forces despite an overdue promise to step down from his military post, faces strident Islamist opposition within his own government, has survived several assassination attempts, is engaged in a military standoff with India over Kashmir, and has not succeeded in flushing out al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, who is said to be hiding somewhere along Pakistan’s mountainous frontier with Afghanistan. Chances are that the masked gunmen are connected with one or another of these opposition factions. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 220
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 220
- XREF: connects to: Revolutionary violence must be contextualized rather than used to dismiss its ideals; Treating all political violence as one class may obscure distinct causal types — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4370; Extreme political violence like assassination usually has a pathological psychological basis — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1153 (+7 more)
Broader Connections
- Revolutionary violence must be contextualized rather than used to dismiss its ideals
#corroborates(0.85) - Government repression can push fringe individuals into violent opposition by blocking legitimate paths
#expands(0.84) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4129 - Regime narrowing of tolerated nonviolent performances channels claimants toward violence and invites state force
#expands(0.82) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 744 - Treating all political violence as one class may obscure distinct causal types
#qualifies(0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4370 - Negative sanctions and repression typically precede and provoke collective political violence
#expands(0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4357 - Extreme political violence like assassination usually has a pathological psychological basis
#contradicts(0.78) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1153 - A single authoritarian personality type links disparate political violence events
#contradicts(0.76) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 75 - Civility veils rather than ends sanctioned state violence
#expands(0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 250 - Siege regimes criminalize opposition and cross-societal solidarity as treason
#expands(0.74) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 677 - Political actors cite past rival wrongdoings and historical rebellions to justify current violence.
#exemplifies(0.72) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 391