Relative deprivation in silico: Agent-based models and causality in analytical sociology

Analytical Sociology and Social Mechanisms

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 266-308

  Manzo, Gianluca ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 84858064743     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511921315.014     Document Type: Chapter

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