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Intergroup violence in bursts
Jeroen Bruggeman, Don Weenink, Bram Mak
During intergroup confrontations, agitating stimuli such as opponents' threats and provocations can trigger collective violence, even without the usual mechanisms of ingroup cooper…
Cooperation for public goods under uncertainty
Jeroen Bruggeman, Rudolf Sprik
Everyone wants clean air, peace and other public goods but is tempted to freeride on others' efforts. The usual way out of this dilemma is to impose norms, maintain reputations and…
Spontaneous cooperation for public goods
Jeroen Bruggeman, Rudolf Sprik, Rick Quax
Cooperation for public goods poses a dilemma, where individuals are tempted to free ride on others' contributions. Classic solutions involve monitoring, reputation maintenance and…
Consensus, Cohesion and Connectivity
Jeroen Bruggeman
Social life clusters into groups held together by ties that also transmit information. When collective problems occur, group members use their ties to discuss what to do and to est…
The Micro Dynamics of Collective Violence
Jeroen Bruggeman
Collective violence in direct confrontations between two opposing groups happens in short bursts wherein small subgroups briefly attack small numbers of opponents, while the others…
The Strength of Varying Tie Strength
Jeroen Bruggeman
``The Strength of Weak Ties" argument (Granovetter 1973) says that the most valuable information is best collected through bridging ties with other social circles than one's own, a…