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How come we always loose elections ? Why does a women scientist become an Iron Lady? Why are some people members of the academy, or have a high count in the Science Citation Index? Of course, the elites of all times always find nice reasons for their status, and indeed we are authors by the grace of God. However, randomness as described by Ising model simulations and other Monte Carlo approaches gives other reasons, and such approaches will be described here. (Again, we single out here a few papers from statistical physicists; they again cite sociological literature. A selection of reviews on self-organization in socioeconomic problems is published in SCHWEITZER 1997.)
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de Oliveira, S.M., de Oliveira, P.M.C., Stauffer, D. (1999). Political Theories of Galam and Others. In: Evolution, Money, War, and Computers. TEUBNER-TEXTE zur Physik, vol 34. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-91009-7_5
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