Good Fences: The Importance of Setting Boundaries for Peaceful Coexistence
Citation: Alex Rutherford, Dion Harmon, Justin Werfel, Alexander S. Gard-Murray, Shlomiya Bar-Yam, Andreas Gros, Ramon Xulvi-Brunet, Yaneer Bar-Yam (2014) Good Fences: The Importance of Setting Boundaries for Peaceful Coexistence.
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Summary
Model Switzerland and Yugoslavia linguistic and religious populations, political borders, and natural borders, predict higher propensity for violence when groups of a certain size are do not have autonomy, similar to observed peace and violence in various parts of Switzerland and Yugoslavia.
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