Social polarization and conflict: a network approach
Theoretically, polarization is associated with a higher probability of social conflict. This paper, in a microeconomic model based on the theory of social networks, analyses how changes in the network’s structure affect the level of some basic parameters associated with the concept of polarization....
- Autores:
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Cárdenas, Ernesto
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2013
- Institución:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/74374
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/74374
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/38851/
- Palabra clave:
- Polarization
conflict
preferences
theory of networks.
D71
D74.
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
| Summary: | Theoretically, polarization is associated with a higher probability of social conflict. This paper, in a microeconomic model based on the theory of social networks, analyses how changes in the network’s structure affect the level of some basic parameters associated with the concept of polarization. This study shows that under upward monotonic preferences, longer sets of affiliations for each individual reduce polarization, whereas under downward monotonic preferences, longer sets of the so-called bad affiliations increase polarization. Finally, in the case of a non-monotonic system of preferences, an expansion of the affiliations set will alter the resulting polarization order in different ways depending on the preferences themselves. |
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