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The Importance of Disagreeing: Contrarians and Extremism in the CODA model

open access: yes, 2009
In this paper, we study the effects of introducing contrarians in a model of Opinion Dynamics where the agents have internal continuous opinions, but exchange information only about a binary choice that is a function of their continuous opinion, the CODA
Deffuant G., Deffuant G., Hegselmann R.
core   +1 more source

Defining Reconciliation Studies: Theoretical and Practical Dimensions

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reconciliation studies (RS) has become increasingly influential in understanding alternative views to ending conflict and dealing with the aftermath. As a discipline or field, however, it is not well defined. The actual usefulness of reconciliation (as a concept), or of RS (as a discipline), is debated, and due to its growing usage, it is ...
Colleen Alena O’Brien
wiley   +1 more source

Improving the Regulatory Framework for Countering Extremism in the European Union (Case Study of Finland)

open access: yesМосковский журнал международного права, 2021
INTRODUCTION. The article, using the example of the Republic of Finland, analyzes the activities of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as the EU) to improve the legal regulation of countering extremism.
P. S. Dolgoshein
doaj   +1 more source

Not just a game: Identity fusion and extremism in gaming cultures

open access: yesFrontiers in Communication, 2022
Extremist ideologies have clearly become increasingly prevalent in the world of video games. What is less clear, however, is the mechanism through which these ideologies make their way into the psyches of gamers.
Rachel Kowert, Alexis Martel, B. Swann
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mapping the US Bridgebuilding Field: Situating Organizations in the Ecosystem of Social Change

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the ecosystem of bridge‐building initiatives in the United States. Drawing on an original database of 223 organizations, interviews with 7 staff across 6 organizations, and a literature review related to bridge‐building, polarization, and collective action, we first describe the range of existing initiatives and their ...
Gabrielle Mathews, Karen Ross
wiley   +1 more source

Democratic dissatisfaction, the far right, and party brand activation: lessons from the breakthrough (and downfall) of the Dutch New Social Contract

open access: yesPolitical Research Exchange
Far-right parties have been on the rise in European democracies. Their calls for a fundamental reorganization of democracy along nativist and people-centric lines have resonated with a growing share of voters who are dissatisfied with the political ...
Matthias Dilling, Léonie de Jonge
doaj   +1 more source

Government Policy in Overcoming Religious Extremism in Indonesia: A Multidisciplinary Review between Public Administration and Psychology

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Public Administration, 2021
The development of religious extremism in Indonesia continues to increase every year so that serious attention is needed by the government to deal with religious extremism in Indonesia.
Dana R. Buana, Masayu N. Juwita
doaj   +1 more source

Changing Minds in Times of War: An Intervention Tournament to Increase Public Support for Ending the Israel–Gaza War

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public opinion plays a central role in shaping conflict dynamics and influencing wartime policy. In this work, we examined which psychological intergroup interventions could increase public opposition to war. Building on research showing that instrumental reasoning and social identification are central, though not exhaustive, predictors of war‐
Ilana Ushomirsky   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

School education and political extremism [PDF]

open access: yesPedagogická Orientace, 2010
This article deals with role of school education in the context of policy againstpolitical extremism and with the description of various forms of pedagogic activities inthis field.
Miroslav Mareš, Josef Smolík
doaj  

From anti-conformism to extremism

open access: yes, 2015
We here present a model of the dynamics of extremism based on opinion dynamics in order to understand the circumstances which favour its emergence and development in large fractions of the general public.
Weisbuch, Gérard
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