Political Rivalry in the Light of Leigh van Halen’s Red Queen Hypothesis

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https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.21.2024.90.07

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sociobiology, political rivalry, political competition

Abstrakt

The Red Queen hypothesis is a popular model for analysing the phenomenon of competition in nature. It establishes mutual dependencies between competing species that stimulate their changes and adaptation processes to new conditions. The result of such competition is a self-propelling race, which allows for the evaluation of its effects, including the benefits for the participants. This dependency structure is often used to analyse interactions in social behaviour, especially the optimisation of economic competition strategies in a free market. The Red Queen model appears to be a useful tool for interpreting political competition phenomena and analysing interactions between political entities. However, there are relatively few references to its analytical applications in political science literature. The article discusses three fundamental issues related to the possibilities of political exploration of the Red Queen hypothesis. Firstly, it presents arguments justifying the use of an evolutionary interpretation for political research. Secondly, it identifies key implications arising from the perception of political competition through the prism of the discussed Leigh Van Halen model. The concepts of competition and cooperation were taken into account, with cooperation being considered a form of coopetition in the political sphere of social life. The final section identifies the key dimensions of analysis for competition among politicians, political parties, and states on the international stage.

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  • Jarosław Nocoń - Uniwersytet Gdański

    Professor and Head of the Department of Political Theory at the Institute of Political Science, University of Gdansk. He works on political theory, methodological models of functional explanation and processes of structuring political power. Professor Jaroslaw Nocoń is the author of books such as “Political Elites. A Study of Functional Interpretation,” “Between Tradition and Modernisation. Transformations of Political Science in the Light of J. Alexander’s Neo-Functionalism” and co-author of the academic textbook “Political Theory. An Introduction.” He has published a number of articles on sociobiological interpretation of politics in recent years.

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24-11-2024

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“Political Rivalry in the Light of Leigh Van Halen’s Red Queen Hypothesis”. 2024. Politeja 21 (3(90): 137-53. https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.21.2024.90.07.

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