Most contention strongly reuses familiar performance forms rather than innovating

Evidence

Contentious politics does not, however, operate like a hydraulic pump: increase the pressure or reduce the resistance and more water flows. South Africa brings out dramatically the influence of previously existing political institutions on forms and outcomes of contention. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 631 (#expands, via linked claim)

When it comes to genuine economic mutation, there is always a tension between the new features of the form and its mother ship. A combination of old and new is reconfigured in an unprecedented pattern. Occasionally, the elements of a mutation find the right environment in which to be “selected” for propagation. This is when the new form stands a chance of becoming fully institutionalized and establishes its unique migratory path toward the future. But it’s even more likely that potential mutations meet their fate in “transition failure,” drawn back by the gravitational pull of established practices. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 145 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Effective claim-making innovates at the edges of familiar performance scripts; Repertoire clustering stems from daily organization, contention history, and regime operations; Regime change drives repertoire change more than popular consciousness does (+2 more)

Related

• Contention is not a hydraulic response to pressure but shaped by prior institutions (similarity 0.86)
• Contention’s regularities need historical, not just mechanistic, explanation. (similarity 0.82)
• Laws of contention vary by regime type and era. (similarity 0.80)
• Regime change drives repertoire change more than popular consciousness does (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Contention is not a hydraulic response to pressure but shaped by prior institutions #expands (0.80) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 631
• New economic forms usually revert to established practices rather than fully institutionalizing #expands (0.78) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 145