ABSTRACT
In the introductory chapter it was argued that practices of resistance take two forms: tactical and strategic. Strategic resistance-practiced in the space between competing epistemes, sets of power relations, and/or subject positions-has been the focus of most of the research in contentious politics. Tactical resistance, on the other hand, is a more elusive concept. Recall the definition of tactical resistance as the practice of taking those identities and liberties produced by the dominant form of power as tools for said power’s subversion. Such resistances may take the form of everyday/unobtrusive acts of defiance as described in the work of James Scott.
