Occupation Dynamics: Contesting Hearts and Minds
| Title: | Occupation Dynamics: Contesting Hearts and Minds |
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| Authors: | Alexander Wendt; Keven Ruby; David L. Sallach; Charles M. Macal; Veena S. Mellarkod; Er Wendt |
| Contributors: | The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Source: | http://www.casos.cs.cmu.edu/events/conferences/2005/2005_proceedings/Ruby.pdf. |
| Collection: | CiteSeerX |
| Subject Terms: | agent simulation; emotion; insurgency; occupation; preference falsification; social agents; solidarity dynamics |
| Description: | As the U.S. experience in Vietnam and Iraq attests, occupation by a foreign power can generate counterproductive conflict dynamics. Winning hearts and minds is the key to the long-term success of occupations, and both occupation forces and resistance movements employ a mix of coercive and non-coercive strategies (punishments and rewards) to shape support within the occupied public. The resulting cross-cutting pressures and the problem of preference falsification can lead to fragile social orders vulnerable to tipping, complicating the short-term evaluation and long-term success of occupation/resistance strategies. This paper presents a preliminary implementation of the Occupation Dynamics (OD) model which uses social agent simulation to explore the complex interaction of occupation and resistance strategies on the making of social order. |
| Document Type: | text |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.61.8141; http://www.casos.cs.cmu.edu/events/conferences/2005/2005_proceedings/Ruby.pdf |
| Availability: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.61.8141; http://www.casos.cs.cmu.edu/events/conferences/2005/2005_proceedings/Ruby.pdf |
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| Accession Number: | edsbas.511E8225 |
| Database: | BASE |