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Modelling the Dynamics of Securizitating National Identities

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  • Martin Neumann

    (Institute for Sociology, RWTH Aachen University)

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Using the example of conflict escalation in former Yugoslavia, a common framework of the mechanisms leading to conflict escalation is developed in this paper. Escalation of ethno-nationalist violence is described as an endogenous feature of the nation. The principle of the nation may succeed in being an organising principle for integrating large-scale social groups. However, it may also generate the extreme event of ethno-nationalist violence. The architecture of a simulation model is described to test the extreme event hypothesis.

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  • Martin Neumann, 2012. "Modelling the Dynamics of Securizitating National Identities," Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - scientific journal, Croatian Interdisciplinary Society Provider Homepage: http://indecs.eu, vol. 10(1), pages 28-49.
    • Handle: RePEc:zna:indecs:v:10:y:2012:i:1:p:28-49
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    Keywords

    yugoslavia; conflict escalation; securizitation; extreme events; nationalism;
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    JEL classification:

    • C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques
    • D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
    • P20 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - General

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