chicken games
type: Concept
broader: power in interpersonal relationships
broader: power and international relations
broader: decisions and game theory
definition: The game of chicken refers to (a) a stylized conflict situation, (b) a 2 x 2 game matrix that provides a simplified representation of this conflict situation, and (c) a class of real-world conflict situations for which both (a) and (b) provide oversimplified but perhaps enlightening models. In the stylized conflict situation, two juvenile delinquents position their cars at opposite ends of a deserted stretch of road. [Source: Encyclopedia of Power; Chicken Games]

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: chicken games

decisions and game theory
type: Concept
narrower: chicken games

power and international relations
type: Concept
narrower: chicken games

power in interpersonal relationships
type: Concept
narrower: chicken games