What were the events/factors that facilitated the social mobilization that happened in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s?

Political opportunities and constraints

This assignment is based on reading by Sidney Tarrow “Political opportunities and constraints” you were assigned to read this week.

Considering the reading please answer the following questions:

▪ What does Tarrow mean by political opportunity structures?

▪ What were the events/factors that facilitated the social mobilization that happened in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s?

▪ How do these events relate to the five factors Tarrow discusses?