Political contention engages state coercive power and affects regime future

Evidence

Although contention among political actors and contention between spouses resemble each other in some regards, I single out political contention. Political contention matters because it always has implications for a regime’s future and engages the coercive power of governments. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 132

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes political contention because of its monopoly on coercive engagement.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 132
• XREF: connects to: Regime change and contentious politics mutually shape one another — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 38; High-capacity regimes route contention through government, making mobilization affect regime structure. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 664; Governmental coercion increases rather than suppresses political conflict — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4330 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Governmental coercion increases rather than suppresses political conflict #expands (0.85) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4330
• Regime change and contention mutually shape each other over long periods #corroborates (0.83) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 549
• Higher regime capacity with some democratic freedoms produces intermediate contention #qualifies (0.82) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 503
• Regime coercion weakly deters protest while dissident coercive capacity strongly enables rebellion #expands (0.80)
• The State is an equilibrium between coercive political society and hegemonic civil society #qualifies (0.77) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1869
• Coercive State power can progressively wither into regulated civil society #complicates (0.76)
• Coercive government power depends on voluntary cooperation from many #qualifies (0.75)
• Political actors form through regimes rather than preceding them. #complicates (0.72) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 576