Computational modeling of political attitudes
By: Camelia F. Voinea
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Chichester, UK; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9781118833148
Subjects: Mathematical models; Behaviorism (Political science); Political science
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.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.