Regimes vary along inclusiveness and contestation as separate dimensions

Evidence

Robert Dahl’s treatment of approximations to democracy has a distinctly Aristotelian air. As summarized in figure 1.1, Dahl’s useful scheme distinguishes two dimensions of variation: inclusiveness, or the extent to which people under a given regime’s jurisdiction have the right to participate at all, and liberalization, which is the extent to which participants in the regime have rights to contest conditions of rule. Dahl adds to Aristotle the recognition of very inclusive regimes that allow little public contestation, which Dahl calls “inclusive hegemonies.” He also leaves plenty of space between his four regimes where we might locate a great many other regimes—for example, the thinly ruled nomadic empires, urban federations, composite dynastic states, and city-empires that governed much of Europe five hundred years ago. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 96

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes Dahl’s two-dimensional scheme of inclusiveness vs liberalization, which Tilly will then differentiate his own capacity-democracy matrix against.
• QUESTION: Tilly’s own regime matrix (capacity x democracy) is being set against Dahl’s — worth holding both in parallel to see precisely where they diverge.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 96
• XREF: connects to: Regimes shape political opportunity structure through toleration and forbidding choices — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 445; Regime capacity and democracy jointly shape prevailing contentious repertoires. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 533; Regime shifts can selectively open opportunity to specific activist constituencies while excluding others. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 1175

Broader Connections

• Regimes shape political opportunity structure through toleration and forbidding choices #qualifies (0.78) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 445
• Regime capacity and democracy jointly shape prevailing contentious repertoires. #expands (0.72) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 533