Repertoires of Strategies

Abstract

The interrelated concepts of repertoire of strategies and stock of legacies contribute to an understanding of historically rooted and collective processes of strategy making and performing. These concepts complement Charles Tilly's “repertoire of contention” because the dynamics of interaction of a social movement with allies and antagonists cannot be fully understood or explained through the study of its public and contentious dimension only because it depicts just part of the story. The implications of incorporating a focus on strategies are central for social movement studies because they lead us to pay attention to actors and their intentions, and the interactions among the intentions of a variety of deliberate actors. And, if this focus on strategies is placed in a historical perspective it bridges the relationship between the pace of historical processes and the experiences and expectations of the actors involved in these processes.

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“…Es importante preguntar por el repertorio de estrategias de las organizaciones o grupos sociales para establecer bloqueos con una notable capacidad organizativa de la acción colectiva. Como lo aclara Rossi (2022), esta indica el conjunto de procesos colectivos históricos y enraizados para la elaboración y creación de estrategias de movilización. No supone una acción espontánea, sino prácticas conocidas y compartidas.…”