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The Art of the Possible: Toward a Cognitive Model for Political Action Choice
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Abstract The consideration of political action by individuals is constrained by what those people consider possible, in terms of not only their immediate actions but also in terms of what changes in the world those individuals believe could occur because of their, or others’, actions. However, there are two ... mehr
The consideration of political action by individuals is constrained by what those people consider possible, in terms of not only their immediate actions but also in terms of what changes in the world those individuals believe could occur because of their, or others’, actions. However, there are two major complications to this picture: (a) people are heavily influenced by others they are in social contact with in terms of both goals and assessment of possibility, and (b) since what people do is influenced by what world-changes they consider possible, and people know this, what can change is influenced also by what others think others around them think is possible. Politics thus involves complex processes at several levels, including: the spread of goals and possibility assessments throughout a local social network, and adjustments in what people think about others’ possibility judgments. An implementable cognitive model suitable for building into an agent-based model is proposed, drawing on existing cognitive structures to simulate social contact, goal-directed action choice, negotiation and social norms.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
politische Kultur; Protest; politischer Prozess; politische Einstellung; Simulation; politisches Handeln; kognitive Faktoren; Entscheidungsfindung
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Allgemeines, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Methoden, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Politikwissenschaft
Freie Schlagwörter
cognitive modeling
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2014
Seitenangabe
S. 1-14
Zeitschriftentitel
European Quarterly of Political Attitudes and Mentalities, 3 (2014) 3
Heftthema
Political culture models
ISSN
2285-4916
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung