Abstract
Inequality is considered one of the drivers for the emergence of collective action, but conventional wisdom suggests that it is equality among the stakeholders that helps sustain it. Nonetheless, more controversial findings in the collective action literature suggest that inequality can in fact be beneficial for the sustainability of collective action beyond its emergence. In this research, we use simulation to gain more insights into the relationship between inequality and collective action. We simulate an abstract common-pool resource system to model collective action and consider different types of inequality (e.g., wealth, social influence) to study its correlation with the sustainability of the system in terms of resource well-being, wealth levels and distribution. Preliminary results suggest that equality promotes sustained collective action, but also highlight that factors such as social influence and individual behavioural characteristics may be more decisive in determining the overall well-being.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Social Simulation for a Digital Society |
Subtitle of host publication | Applications and Innovations in Computational Social Science (SSC 2017) |
Editors | Diane Payne, Pablo Lucas, Johan A. Elkink, Nial Friel, Adrian Ottewill, Thomas U. Grund, Tamara Hochstrasser |
Place of Publication | Cham, Switzerland |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 77-89 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-030-30298-6 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-030-30297-9 |
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Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Event | ESSA Social Simulation Conference 2017 - Dublin, Ireland Duration: 25 Sept 2017 → 29 Sept 2017 https://www.sim2017.com |
Conference
Conference | ESSA Social Simulation Conference 2017 |
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Country/Territory | Ireland |
City | Dublin |
Period | 25/09/17 → 29/09/17 |
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Keywords
- Clustering
- Collective action
- DBSCAN
- Inequality
- Social influence
- Social-value orientation
- Wealth