Preface ix
Acknowledgements xix
Introduction xxi
PART I SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ATTITUDE MODELLING 1
1 Attitudes: A Brief History of the Concept 3
2 Political Attitudes: Conceptual and Computational Modelling Backgrounds 31
PART II SOCIAL AND POLITICAL INFLUENCE MODELS OF ATTITUDE CHANGE 63
3 Voting Choice Computer Simulation Model 65
4 Community Referendum Model 83
PART III THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL SPACE IN POLITICAL ATTITUDE MODELLING 93
5 Social Impact Theory and Model 95
6 Dynamic Social Impact Theory and Model 107
PART IV POLITICAL ATTITUDE APPROACHES BASED ON SOCIAL INFLUENCE, CULTURE CHANGE AND COLLECTIVE ACTION MODELLING 139
7 Culture Dissemination Model 141
8 Diversity Survival Model 147
9 Collective Action Modelling 159
PART V MULTIDIMENSIONAL SPATIAL MODELS 165
10 The System Dynamics Modelling Paradigm 169
11 Multidimensional Attitude Change Models. Galileo 179
PART VI POLITICAL COGNITION MODELLING 189
12 The JQP Model 197
13 Political Attitude Strength Simulation Modelling 211
PART VII COMPUTATIONAL AND SIMULATION MODELLING OF IDEOLOGY 219
14 Ideological Polarization Model 227
15 Ideological Landscapes Model 237
16 Complex Integrative Models of Political Ideology 241
PART VIII POLITY MODELLING 245
17 Polity Instability Models Featuring Ethnic and Nationalist Insurgence 253
18 Polity Instability Model Featuring Reconstruction after State Failure 263
19 Polity Dynamics Model Featuring the Relationship between Public Issue Emergence and Public Policy Development 269
20 Polity Instability Model Featuring Revolution against Authoritarian Regime 277
PART IX EPILOGUE 285
21 Shaping New Science 287
Author Index 293
Subject Index 299
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