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1、AMeta-AnalysisofSocialConflict:TheSocialSimulationComprehensiveApproachArmandoGeller[1],MartinNeumann[3],ArmanoSrbljinovic[4],NandaWijermans[5],andFr´ed´ericAmblard[1]1GeorgeMasonUniversityageller1@gmu.edu2Universit¨atBayreuthmartin.neumann@uni-bayreuth.de3InstituteforResearcha
2、ndDevelopmentofDefenceSystemsArmano.Srbljinovic@kc.t-com.hr4UniversityofGroningenF.E.H.Wijermans@rug.nl5Universit´edeToulouse1frederic.amblard@univ-tlse1.frAbstract.Wediscussthefieldofformal,inparticularcomputationalmethodstostudysocialconflict,inordertoapproximatetheWeberiannot
3、ionofverstehen.Whiletraditionaltheoreticaldistinctions,suchasstructuralistandinteractionalistapproaches,canberevealedinclas-sicalformalmethods,agent-basedmodelingcanbecouchedinsuchtermsascomplexity,analyticalsociology,andcriticalrealism.Theself-understandingoftheseresearchtrad
4、itions–methodologicallyaswellastheoretically–mightbeabletoinduceimpulsestoorthodoxconflictre-search’sresearchdesignsandmightalsoshedlightontothenatureofthegenerativeprocessesrelatedtosocialconflict.Sofarsuchpromisesremainunder-explored.Keywords.SocialConflict,FormalMethods,Meta-A
5、nalysis.1IntroductionThefoundationoftheSpecialInterestGrouponSocialConflictandSocialSim-ulation(SIG-SCSS)withintheEuropeanSocialSimulationAssociation(ESSA)isanoccasiontoundertakeameta-analysisofsocialconflictfromasocialsimu-lationperspective.Whatisthepotentialcontributionfromsoc
6、ialsimulationtothefieldofconflictstudies?Denotingamanifoldofsocialconflictphenomena–suchasinter-statewar,civilwar,genocide,terrorism,crowdsandriots,orconflictinandamongstprimategroups–itisdoubtfulthatcreatingaunifiedunderstandingofwhatsocialconflictis,isfeasibleandevendesirable.Give
7、ntheheterogeneityofphenomenaofsocialconflict,itisnotsurprisingthatava-rietyofmethodologicalandtheoreticalapproacheshavebeenappliedtostudyrangesfromformalgametheoreticmodelstothehermeneuticsofnarratives.Newparadigmsmadetheirappearanceinthesocialsciences,inparticularcomplex-ity,a
8、ndthedevelopmentofnewmethodologiesforstudyingsocialphenomena,