The world of biology and politics : organization and research areas / edited by Steven A. Peterson, Albert Somit.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Peterson, Steven A.

Somit, Albert.

Series:

Research in biopolitics ; v. 11.

Research in biopolitics, 2042-9940 ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biopolitics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume describes (a) the present academic and institutional status of Biopolitics and (b) the wide range of research areas that have emerged within the field.The Introduction puts into perspective the major differences and similarities between Biopolitics and more traditional approaches to political science in terms of basic concepts, scope, research methodology, and the resulting implications for public policy. The next two chapters focus on the institutions and organizations that have significantly influenced the structure and direction of the "movement." Chapter 4 describes how and why evolutionary theory has had an increasingly influential impact on political science. Chapters 5 through 9 are "case studies" of how biological perspectives have been productively used in several of the disciplines established "fields." Chapter 10 is a measured critical analysis of the enterprise and Chapter 11 looks at where biopolitics as a field might be moving.

Contents:

Biology and politics : an introduction / Albert Somit, Steven A. Peterson

Biology and politics as an organizational enterprise / Albert Somit, Steven A. Peterson

Graduate education in biology and politics / Milton Lodge ... [et al.]

On the evolutionary roots of the social sciences / Tatu Vanhanen

Neuropolitics and political science : providing a foundation for the study of politics / John M. Friend, Bradley A. Thayer

The biopolitics of the great apes / Johan M.G. van der Dennen

Biopolicy : can it provide a new paradigm? / Odelia Funke

Attempted assassination and presidential achievement : the case of Ronald Reagan / Robert E. Gilbert

Toward an evolutionary synthesis of individualist and communist anarchism : the evolutionary bases of cooperation / Steven A. Peterson

Success or failure? A critical but optimistic evaluation of biopolitics / Robert H. Blank, Michael Bang Petersen

The politics of evolutionary theory and biopolitics in the future / Albert Somit, Steven A. Peterson.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781781907290

1781907293

OCLC:

866642982