Can extremism guarantee pluralism?

JASSS

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Gargiulo, Floriana ^a   Mazzoni, Alberto ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Extremists; Opinion dynamics; Segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849114026     PISSN: 14607425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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