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Dynamics of Political Opinion Formation including Catastrophe Theory
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Sonis, Michael; Weidlich, Wolfgang; Huebner, Heide
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| Abstract | After Nazism and Communism new forms of totalitarianism fostered by religious fundamentalism have arisen at the turn of the present century. In view of this fact we present a parsimonious quantitative model designed to shed some light on the dynamics of the formation of totalitarian systems. The model is constructed according to the principles of “sociodynamics” that belongs to the broad field of nonlinear dynamic systems theory (NDS). It comprises two order parameters and four trend parameters. All of them are socio-politically interpreted. Stationary, stagnant and revolutionary system-phases are exhibited in 10 scenarios. The relation to catastrophe theory is discussed. |
| Classification | General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories; Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture |
| Free Keywords | Political systems; Sociodynamics; Nonlinear dynamical systems (NDS); Catastrophe theory |
| Document language | English |
| Publication Year | 2008 |
| Page/Pages | p. 1-26 |
| Journal | Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 67 (2008) 1 |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2007.02.002 |
| Status | Postprint; reviewed |
| Licence | PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project) |
| Document Type | journal article |
