The Empirical Studies of "Machiavellian Intelligence" and Conflicts

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22530137
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Politics
Research Institution	Waseda University
Principal Investigator	MORIKAWA Tomonori 早稲田大学, 国際教養学術院, 教授 (60329159)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords	テロリズム / 進化政治学 / terrorism / evolution / kamikaze / suicide attacks / terrirism
Research Abstract	Based on the Machalivelian Intelligence hypothesis, I have conducted empirical research on what conditions and what kind of decision-making mechanism the government officials and the people are willing to sacrifice their lives for the benefit of the whole at the time of national crises.