Majority rule, hierarchical structures, and democratic totalitarianism: A statistical approach

DOI10.1016/0022-2496(86)90019-2zbMath0597.92024OpenAlexW2134601553MaRDI QIDQ1079533

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Psychology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2496(86)90019-2

zbMATH Keywords

majority rule social systems statistical approach democratic totalitarianism formation of pyramidal structures self-oriented hierarchies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematical sociology (including anthropology) (91D99)

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