Greek civilization and identity crystallized not when Greeks were close together but when
they came to be far apart. It emerged during the Archaic period when Greeks founded …

This book discusses the study and analysis of the physical aspects of social systems and
models, inspired by the analogy with familiar models of physical systems and possible …

Young media users increasingly engage with public affairs via social media such as
YouTube, where content is increasingly produced by influencers who neither represent …

In Southern Africa, marriage used to be widespread and common. However, over the past
decades marriage rates have declined significantly. Julia Pauli explores the meaning of …

Natural resource management has changed profoundly in recent decades emphasizing new
legislation that transfers responsibilities to local user groups. In this article, I follow changing …

This chapter describes the network theory as a tool to analyze the social processes of
religious innovation and conversion, arises from the uniformity observed in the dedications …

Recently developed concepts and techniques of analyzing complex systems provide new
insight into the structure of social networks. Uncovering recurrent preferences and …

Social networks play an important role in determining the dynamics and outcome of
language change. Early empirical studies only examine small-scale local social networks …

Sanctions are often considered an important component of successful resource
management. To govern water usage, pastoral communities in Namibia have specific …

We develop a model of tax evasion based on the Ising model. We augment the model using
an appropriate enforcement mechanism that may allow policy makers to curb tax evasion …