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A Strategy of Violence?: Using Game Theory to Analyse Political Power in the Ancient Near East

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dc.contributor.authorNurmikko-Fuller, Terhi
dc.contributor.authorNurmikko-Metsola, Sanna
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-04T00:11:48Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.updated2020-11-23T10:08:25Z
dc.description.abstractViolence can be argued to be a powerful tool in securing and maintaining political power. In this interdisciplinary paper, a game-theoretical model is used in order to evaluate the role that the threat of violence has in the establishment and maintenance of control of a population, even when it is detrimental to collective well-being. The model is motivated by Assyriological data on violence. We use the model with a regional approach to describe the possible opportunities for maintenance of power that repression of the opposition and possible bribery of the military may enable. We also discuss the challenges to this analysis presented by the heterogeneous and incomplete historical data.en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/231409
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherAmerican Schools of Oriental Researchen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Schools of Oriental Researchen_AU
dc.rights© 2017 American Schools of Oriental Researchen_AU
dc.source.urihttp://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ASOR-Program-2017-online.pdfen_AU
dc.titleA Strategy of Violence?: Using Game Theory to Analyse Political Power in the Ancient Near Easten_AU
dc.typeConference paperen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access via publisher websiteen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage96en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationNurmikko-Fuller, Terhi, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationNurmikko-Metsola, Sanna, Brunel Universityen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidNurmikko-Fuller, Terhi, u1026588en_AU
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.description.refereedNo
local.identifier.absfor080505 - Web Technologies (excl. Web Search)en_AU
local.identifier.absfor200523 - Middle Eastern Literatureen_AU
local.identifier.absseo950203 - Languages and Literatureen_AU
local.identifier.absseo970121 - Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeologyen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu1026588xPUB37en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttp://www.asor.org/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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