Repertoire change intertwines regime transformation, internal struggle history, and broader social change

Evidence

The same sort of innovative response to rapidly changing POS occurs on a smaller scale in lesser crises and confrontations, whence innovations accumulate in a similar manner. … Incremental changes in the dispersion of power, the openness of political institutions, the instability of political arrangements, the availability of allies or supporters, and regime repressiveness—that is, in POS—likewise occur. … Potential actors’ organization, shared understandings, and interests change incrementally as well. … In combination, these three effects identify intertwined strands of change in contentious repertoires, attributable to the internal history of struggle, transformations of regimes, alterations of social structure and culture outside the government, and their interaction. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 287

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines POS as dispersion of power, openness, instability, ally availability, and repressiveness—the five regime dimensions central to the reader’s question.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 287
• XREF: connects to: Regime-internal shifts, not challenger agency or external pressure, initiate repertoire change — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 657; A regime’s prior trajectory shapes its present repertoires — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 683; Repertoire type shapes how revolutionary processes unfold even though neither type is inherently revolutionary — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 981 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Regime change and contention mutually shape each other over long periods #expands (0.88) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 549
• Regime change drives repertoire change more than popular consciousness does #qualifies (0.82)