COEXISTENCE OF OPPOSITE GLOBAL SOCIAL FEELINGS: THE CASE OF PERCOLATION DRIVEN INSECURITY

Stephane Pajot () and Serge Galam ()
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Serge Galam: Laboratoire des Milieux Désordonnés et Hétérogènes, (CNRS-UMR 7603) Tour 13 – Case 86, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2002, vol. 13, issue 10, 1375-1385

Abstract: A model of the dynamics of appearance of a new collective feeling, in addition and opposite to an existing one, is presented. Using percolation theory, the collective feeling of insecurity is shown to be able to coexist with the opposite collective feeling of safety. Indeed this coexistence of contradictory social feelings result from the simultaneous percolation of two infinite clusters of people who are respectively experiencing a safe and unsafe local environment. Therefore opposing claims on national debates over insecurity are shown to be possibly both valid.

Keywords: Percolation; simulation; social modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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