Series Editor's Introduction |
Acknowledgments |
Dynamic Models and Social Change / 1.: |
Difference Equations as Representations of Change |
Synchronic versus Diachronic Change |
Dynamic Models and Other Models of Change |
The Structure of the Presentation |
First-Order Linear Difference Equation Models: A Model of the Mobilization Process / 2.: |
A First Dynamic Model: The Gain/Loss Formulation |
Difference Equations as Representative of Change |
Solutions to First-Order Difference Equations |
Equilibrium and Stability |
Substantive Applications |
Model Estimation |
Summary |
First-Order Nonlinear Difference Equations: Processes of Social Diffusion / 3.: |
Mobilization Through Social Interaction |
A Diffusion Model |
Parameter Restrictions |
An Empirical Example |
Analyzing the Model |
Equilibrium Analysis |
Local Stability Analysis |
Global Stability Analysis for Quadratic Recursive Forms |
Linear Systems and Higher-Order Equations: Arms Races and Feedback Processes / 4.: |
Higher-Order Models |
The Richardson Arms Race Model |
Arriving at a Second-Order Reduced Form |
Putting the Arms Race in Matrix Notation |
Finding the System Equilibrium |
Solutions for Higher-Order Systems |
Putting the Solution to Work |
Stability Conditions |
The Geometry of Stability: An Alternative Approach |
Feedback Time Delay as a Destabilizing Influence |
Nonlinear Dynamic Systems: Budgetary Competition / 5.: |
Incrementalism |
Competitive Models of Budgetary Interaction |
The Logic of Competition |
Unrestrained Budgetary Competition / Model 1: |
Restricted Competition / Model 2: |
Conclusion |
Dynamic Modeling as a Scientific Enterprise / 6.: |
An Overview of Model Structure |
Multiple and Interdependent System States |
Structural Parameters |
System Properties |
Steps in Model Development |
Appendix |
Notes |
References |
Introduction: What this Book Is All About |
The Universe as a Stereo Movie |
Physical Dynamics and Evolution |
Population Dynamics |
Ecological Dynamics |
Biological Evolution |
Societal Evolution: The General Pattern |
The Threat System |
Exchange as a Social Organizer |
The Integrative System |
An Evolutionary Interpretation of History |
Power in Society |
Dialectics and Evolution |
Series Editor's Introduction |
Acknowledgments |
Dynamic Models and Social Change / 1.: |