Regime narrowing of tolerated nonviolent performances channels claimants toward violence and invites state force

Evidence

2. regime narrowing of tolerated nonviolent performances (e.g. peaceful demonstrations), which increases the likelihood both that claimants will turn to violent performances and that governmental agents will use force to break up forbidden nonviolent performances; regime broadening of tolerated nonviolent performances reduces salience 3. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 744

Categorization

• QUESTION: Reader’s central hypothesis test: does this tolerance-border dynamic imply asymmetry between subordinate-group claims (defused when tolerated) and dominant-group ‘rights defense’ (legitimated)? Tilly frames both directions symmetrically here.
• XREF: Connects to reader’s own framework question about whether constitutional rights regimes asymmetrically defuse subordinate vs. legitimate dominant politicization — Tilly’s narrowing rule states a symmetric dynamic but begs the asymmetry test. — connects to: Low-capacity nondemocratic regimes tolerate wide contentious claim-making. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 448; High-capacity regimes are likelier to involve state violent specialists in whatever collective violence occurs — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 737; In mature democracies contention turns nonviolent unless state agents block it — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 428 (+9 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 744

Broader Connections

• Regimes sort contention into prescribed, tolerated, and forbidden performances #expands (0.92) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 272
• Repression drives nonviolent movements to armed rebellion #corroborates (0.90) — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed, 32
• Government repression can push fringe individuals into violent opposition by blocking legitimate paths #exemplifies (0.88) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4129
• States that promote violence must escalate coercion to maintain rule #expands (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, The Racial State, 68
• In mature democracies contention turns nonviolent unless state agents block it #qualifies (0.82) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 428
• Social-movement activity depends on regime-backed rights to endure retaliation #expands (0.80) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 1178
• Regime type determines the forms and intensity of collective violence #expands (0.78) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 689
• State tolerance suppresses mafia violence while mixed state responses provoke it. #exemplifies (0.78) — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 29
• Regime coercion weakly deters protest while dissident coercive capacity strongly enables rebellion #expands (0.76)