Successful contention forms a precedent others copy until repression intervenes

Evidence

Fifth, struggles laid down their own history, both because participants in a given struggle generally will remember what had happened before and plan their actions accordingly, and because the outcome of any particular struggle alters the positions of the participants, including third parties. Concessions the government made to a specific type of action by a certain actor, for example, made it easier for other actors to press claims by means of that same type of action. The success of one petition drive opened the way to new petition drives, as one association’s pressing of its claims set a precedent for another association to press its own claims. Contention, however, also generated repression, which in turn shaped the possibilities for future contention. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 358

Categorization

• DEFINE: This is a compact statement of Tilly’s concept of repertoire history — contention accumulates a precedent-based repertoire.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 358
• XREF: connects to: Protest success produces a far deeper subsequent crash when repression follows; Others facing the same exclusion often adapt rather than fight; Repression fails to suppress mobilization and can even accelerate it — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 578

Broader Connections

• Protest success produces a far deeper subsequent crash when repression follows #expands (0.82)
• Repression fails to suppress mobilization and can even accelerate it #expands (0.78) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 578
• Others facing the same exclusion often adapt rather than fight #complicates (0.75)