EMERGING COHESION AND INDIVIDUALIZATION IN COLLECTIVE ACTION: A CO-EVOLUTIVE APPROACH

Sergi Lozano, Javier Borge-Holthoefer () and Alex Arenas ()
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Javier Borge-Holthoefer: Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos (BIFI), Universidad de Zaragoza, Mariano Esquillor s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
Alex Arenas: Departament d'Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain;

Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), 2012, vol. 15, issue supp0, 1-15

Abstract: By means of a simple computational model, we explore a dynamic perspective of social cohesion in populations under stress. Dynamics are driven by the co-evolution of structural and cognitive dimensions. Submitted to sudden variations on its environmental conflict level, the model is able to reproduce certain characteristics previously observed in real populations in situations of emergency or crisis. A closer analysis of the results, observing both structural and cognitive together, uncovers a causal path from the level of conflict suffered by a population to variations on its social cohesiveness.

Keywords: Social cohesion; conflict; adaptive networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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