Burt, G. (2010) Conflict, complexity and mathematical social science. Bingley: Emerald Books http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?K=9781849509725&cur=USD
Politics
Religion and culture
Sport
Trajectories through landscapes
Abstraction and specificity
‘SM’: Social Modelling Note
‘PP’: Presented Paper
‘MCN’: Modelling Commentary on the News
‘(4)’ denotes 4 pages
Politics
SM 2 How the vote changes: percentage change, proportional change or change in z-score? (4)
SM 3 How do people value the main political parties? (6)
SM 4 Basic concepts: electorate and voters; percentages and z-scores; change and needed change; swing and flow; a set of constituencies (5)
SM 12 The cumulative distribution of rebelliousness (early rough draft) (7)
SM 13 The Obama vote in 2012: the spatial network hierarchy (11)
Religion and culture
SM 1 Towards a foundational conceptualisation of peace and conflict
John Burton; Johann Galtung; the Global Peace Index; is conflict always bad? (2)
SM 7 Obituary: Baron Glenamara, of Glenridding ... in love with the Lake District (2)
SM 8 The ordination of women bishops and the propositional calculus (3)
SM 9 ‘Source of moral values’? ... or ‘one long celebration of violence’?
The Positive Speaking Quotient (PSQ): Sachs 63%; Moses 21%; Jesus 66% (7)
SM 10 What should we do in these difficult times? ‘Here is my recommendation ...’
Is religion a self-interested other-regarding happiness-seeking rational choice? (4)
SM 15 Women, religion, culture and measurement (5)
SM 16 Religion: a model of life ... an image of a positive society (5)
Sport
SM 11 Outcome value and strength in a series of tournaments (3)
SM 14 Modelling sport (8 pages)
Trajectories through landscapes
Trajectories of values and actions through structured landscapes ...
... in the political sphere and in the economic sphere:
PP2 What can a loss of strength gradient look like? Competition over space and time
for people’s opinions [24]
MCN 5 Dynamic models of interconnected systems (1)
Beijing cuts rates as Fed waits; Obama: Europe risks a spiral of decline;
Rajoy hails rescue as victory; Eight out of ten Britons want a vote on Europe
Abstract structures and specific reality
PP1 A foundational mathematical account of a specific complex social reality: conflict
in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (20)
SM 5 Dancing with the daffodils - the abstract structure of a specific poem (6)
SM 6 Abstract structures and specific cultural products and events (6)