Transnational networks, diffusion dynamics, and electoral revolutions in the postcommunist world

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 378, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-99

  Bunce, Valerie ^a   Wolchik, Sharon L ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Network dynamics; Network formation; Network structure; Reproduction constraints; Social network; System network; Transnational networks

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

NETWORK DYNAMICS; NETWORK FORMATION; NETWORK STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION CONSTRAINTS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SYSTEM NETWORK;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EID: 33847059178     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.11.049     Document Type: Article

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