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Statistical mechanics of opinion formation and collective behavior: Micro‐sociology

David B. Bahr Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences; Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Campus Box 450, Boulder, CO, 80309–0450, USA
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Eve Passerini Department of Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
Pages 1-27 | Published online: 26 Aug 2010

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