Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Wiedermann M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7343878 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wiedermann Marc M Smith E Keith EK Heitzig Jobst J Donges Jonathan F JF
Scientific reports 20200708 1
Social tipping, where minorities trigger larger populations to engage in collective action, has been suggested as one key aspect in addressing contemporary global challenges. Here, we refine Granovetter's widely acknowledged theoretical threshold model of collective behavior as a numerical modelling tool for understanding social tipping processes and resolve issues that so far have hindered such applications. Based on real-world observations and social movement theory, we group the population in ...[more]