Political Attitudes: Computational and Simulation Modelling Contributor(s): Voinea, Camelia Florela (Author) |
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ISBN: 1118833147 ISBN-13: 9781118833148 Publisher: Wiley OUR PRICE: $71.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Social Science | Sociology - General - Computers | Computer Simulation |
Dewey: 320.019 |
LCCN: 2015044554 |
Series: Wiley Computational and Quantitative Social Science |
Physical Information: 1" H x 7.6" W x 10.1" (2.50 lbs) 352 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Political Science has traditionally employed empirical research and analytical resources to understand, explain and predict political phenomena. One of the long-standing criticisms against empirical modeling targets the static perspective provided by the model-invariant paradigm. In political science research, this issue has a particular relevance since political phenomena prove sophisticated degrees of context-dependency whose complexity could be hardly captured by traditional approaches. To cope with the complexity challenge, a new modeling paradigm was needed. This book is concerned with this challenge. Moreover, the book aims to reveal the power of computational modeling of political attitudes to reinforce the political methodology in facing two fundamental challenges: political culture modeling and polity modeling. The book argues that an artificial polity model as a powerful research instrument could hardly be effective without the political attitude and, by extension, the political culture computational and simulation modeling theory, experiments and practice. This book:
This book is ideal for students who need a conceptual and operational description of the political attitude computational modeling phases, goals and outcomes in order to understand how political attitudes could be computationally modeled and simulated. Researchers, Governmental and international policy experts will also benefit from this book. |