Dynamics of Asymmetric Territorial Conflict [electronic resource] : The Evolution of Patience /
Resnick, U.author.
This book provides a comprehensive study of asymmetric territorial conflict combining game theory, statistical empirical analysis and historiographic analysis. Using the Israeli-Palestine conflict as a case study, it tests the model on a database of almost four hundred territorial conflicts.
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""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Mind and Matter: Material Foundations of Ideational Change""; ""2 Explaining Territorial Conflict""; ""2.1 What do we know about territorial conflict?""; ""2.2 A dynamic, multiple-level model""; ""2.3 The methodology adopted in this study""; ""3 Dynamics of Asymmetric Territorial Conflict: A Model""; ""3.1 On symmetric and asymmetric territorial conflict""; ""3.2 Converting `coercive resources' into a territorial division""
""3.3 Toward an explanation of dynamics""""3.4 An evolutionary model of changing patience""; ""3.5 Asymmetric territorial conflict: a complete model""; ""3.6 Computer simulation of the model""; ""3.7 Summary""; ""4 Asymmetric Territorial Conflicts: Empirical Analysis""; ""4.1 Procedures and rationale""; ""4.2 The population of territorial conflict dyads""; ""4.3 Variables and data""; ""4.4 Evaluation of the model's assumptions""; ""4.5 Evaluation of the model's predictions""; ""4.6 Evaluation of alternative hypotheses""; ""4.7 Summary""; ""4.8 Historical references""
""5 Palestinian and Israeli Attitudes Toward Time""""5.1 The Israeli--Palestinian conflict: 1897--2002""; ""5.2 Describing changing attitudes toward time""; ""5.3 The Palestinian outlook on time (1967--2002)""; ""5.4 The Israeli outlook on time (1967--2002)""; ""5.5 Summary""; ""6 Policy Implications""; ""6.1 Concessions versus resolve""; ""6.2 Auxiliary policies""; ""6.3 Summary""; ""7 Patience, Evolution and Change in World Politics""; ""7.1 The empirical prevalence of power transitions""; ""7.2 Existing explanations""; ""7.3 The evolution of patience: the missing piece of the puzzle""
""8 Conclusions""""Appendix""; ""9.1 The asymmetric territorial conflict game""; ""9.2 The unique stationary strategy equilibrium""; ""9.3 The non-stationary strategy equilibria: \mathaccentV {hat}24F{\theta }""; ""9.4 Using the Folk Theorem to prove the viability of concessions""; ""9.5 An evolutionary model of patience""; ""9.6 Existence of a solution""; ""9.7 The complete model""; ""9.8 The dynamics of the complete model""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book provides a comprehensive study of asymmetric territorial conflict combining game theory, statistical empirical analysis and historiographic analysis. Using the Israeli-Palestine conflict as a case study, it tests the model on a database of almost four hundred territorial conflicts.
Peace.
Applied mathematics.
Engineering mathematics.
Middle East-Politics and government.
International relations.
Game theory.
Diplomacy.
Conflict Studies.
Applications of Mathematics.
Middle Eastern Politics.
International Relations.
Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.
Diplomacy.