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Browsing Political Science - Faculty Research by Title
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Degrees of Separation, Social Learning, and the Evolution of Cooperation in a Small-World Network
(JASSS, 2015)We analyze a novel agent-based model of a social network in which agents make contributions to others conditional upon the social distance, which we measure in terms of the "degrees of separation" between the two players. ... -
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The Evolution of Tribalism: A Social-Ecological Model of Cooperation and Inter-group Conflict under Pastoralism
(Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2019)This study investigates a possible nexus between inter-group competition and intra-group cooperation, which may be called "tribalism." Building upon previous studies demonstrating a relationship between the environment and ... -
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THE FATE OF LABOR AFTER REGIME CHANGE: Lessons From Post-Communist Poland and Post-Apartheid South Africa For Tunisia’s Nobel-Prize Winning Unions
(2018-08-18)Wherever labor has played a significant role in bringing about regime change, there may be opportunities to join in the post-authoritarian ruling coalition in the hopes of consolidating its influence. This article examines ... -
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Underthrusting and duplexing beneath the northern Tibetan Plateau and the evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen
(Lithosphere, 2019)The Cenozoic Qilian Shan thrust belt is the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, which developed in part due to progressive India-Asia convergence during Himalayan-Tibetan orogeny. Available geologic observations suggest ...
