5 Movement Strategies and Repertoires Free Online FlashCards

What is a repertoire of contention?

A repertoire of contention is a familiar, historically shaped set of actions a group can use to make claims.

What defines a demonstration?

Demonstrations are public gatherings, marches, rallies, or vigils that display support and make claims visible.

What is civil disobedience?

Civil disobedience is deliberate, public refusal to comply with a law, rule, or order regarded as unjust; it commonly involves accepting legal risk.

What is a strike as a movement tactic?

A strike is a coordinated withdrawal of labor, usually by workers, to disrupt production or services and press an employer or government for change.

What activities can digital activism include?

Digital activism includes online practices such as sharing information, documenting events, forming networks, circulating calls to action, and coordinating campaigns.

What factors shape a movement's choice of tactics?

Organizers weigh goals, skills, resources, ability to sustain participation, likely risks, and the audiences they need to persuade or pressure.

What distinct purposes can four movement tactics serve?

A demonstration can make an issue visible, a strike can raise the cost of inaction, civil disobedience can spotlight a contested rule, and digital communication can circulate evidence and coordinate participants.

Why is contention described as relational?

Contention is relational: opponents may concede, negotiate, ignore demands, restrict activity, or use repression, and their responses shape activists' next actions.

How can online and offline tactics relate in a campaign?

Movements may sequence or combine tactics as conditions change; online and offline activism are often intertwined, but online participation does not automatically produce offline action.

How can a movement's repertoire change?

Repertoires are adaptable, not fixed menus: movements can modify familiar tactics, combine them, or develop new ones.

What is a strength and a limitation of demonstrations?

They can attract attention, signal a movement's size, and recruit supporters; their leverage may be limited if decision-makers can ignore them or turnout is hard to sustain.

Is all protest civil disobedience?

Civil disobedience is one form of nonviolent action, not a synonym for every protest.