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Biopolitics at 50 years : founding and evolution / edited by Tony Wohlers and Amy Fletcher.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Research in biopolitics ; Volume 13.
- Research in Biopolitics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biopolitics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing, [2023]
- Summary:
- Biopolitics at 50 Years: Founding and Evolutionexplores the study of biology and politics through the prism of fifty years of experience presenting current research that illustrates the nature and evolution of biopolitics.
- Contents:
- Cover
- BIOPOLITICS AT 50 YEARS
- RESEARCH IN BIOPOLITICS
- BIOPOLITICS AT 50 YEARS: FOUNDING AND EVOLUTION
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- ABOUT THE EDITORS
- Introduction
- References
- Political Science and Biology: Then, Now, and Next
- Abstract
- Then
- Now
- Neo-Darwinism
- Organizational Aspects
- The Current Literature
- Next
- Reflections
- Politics in Evolution: The First 5 Million Years, and the Next 100*
- Introduction: Defining Politics
- The Synergism Hypothesis
- Explaining Political Evolution
- The Emergence of "Leadership"
- Synergy Goes to War
- The Evolution of Complex Societies
- The Synergism Hypothesis Revisited
- The Future of Politics
- A Future for Hope?
- A Conclusion, and a Beginning?
- The Remerging Foundations of a Biopolitical Science
- Gregarious Animals
- Political Animals
- Moral Animals
- Domesticated Animals
- The Familial Animal
- The Biopolitical Science
- A Multidimensional Understanding of Human Nature in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy1
- A Multidimensional Understanding of Human Nature Based on Biology
- A Four-Part Framework of Analysis
- A Cosmic Perspective
- Some Perspectives in Neuroscience Have Changed
- Medical Ethics
- United States Constitutional Democracy
- The Declaration of Independence
- The United States Constitution
- Legal Philosophy
- John Austin (1790-1859)
- H. L. A. Hart (1907-1992)
- Lon Fuller (1902-1978)
- John Finnis
- Ronald Dworkin
- Judge Richard Posner and the Holmes Lectures of 1997
- Summary
- The Biopolitics of COVID-19: Repercussions for International Relations
- The Biopolitics of Crises: Security Perspectives.
- The International Relations Perspective: Sovereignty and Governmentality
- New Biopolitical Inequalities
- Biopolitical Challenges to Regionalism
- Foreign Policy Analysis: New Facets of Biodiplomacy
- Toward Global Biopolitics: Institutional Dynamics
- Concluding Remarks: The Biopolitics of Liberalism, Post-liberalism, and Illiberalism
- Human Nature and the Policy Process: Expectations from Biology
- What Do We Know About Humans?
- How Humans Think
- Cursory v. Elaborate
- Learning and Beliefs
- Experts v. Novices
- Control
- Prone to Mistakes (Heuristics)
- Instincts and Gut Feelings
- The Role of Emotion
- The Power of Interpersonal Relationships
- People Matter
- Context Matters
- Gossip
- Mind-Reading
- The Power of Belonging to a Group
- Affiliation
- Cooperation and Conformity
- Stereotypes and Prejudice
- Fairness
- The Power of Competition for Status
- Implications for the Limits of Policy Success
- Citizens
- Policymakers
- Policy Targets
- Policy Analysts
- Implications for Politics
- The Role of Information
- The Structure of Institutions
- Conclusion: How Other Models of the Policy Process Fall Short
- Neurotoxicants and Behavior: Implications of 'Toxicogenomics' for Public Policy
- Introduction: Neurotoxicants and Behavior
- Lead Uptake as a Factor in Poor Educational Outcomes
- Heavy Metals and Violent Crime
- Multiple Toxicants at Sites of Abandoned Mines
- Study of Oujé-Bougoumou Cree
- Results of Preliminary Study of the Kanesatake Mohawk
- Implications of the Cree and Mohawk Samples
- Conclusions: Neurotoxicology and Public Policy
- Acknowledgments
- Study of Oxytocin in Biopolitics
- What Is Oxytocin?
- Endogenous Oxytocin
- Exogenous Oxytocin.
- Oxytocin in Different Disciplines
- Biology and Psychiatry
- Economics and Psychology
- Oxytocin in Political Science
- Other-Regarding Policies
- Partisan Behavior
- Concluding Remarks and Recommendations
- Reproductive and Genetic Technology Policymaking and Citizenship Rights
- Medically Assisted Reproduction: When and What to Regulate?
- French Reproductive Technology Policy
- German Reproductive Technology Policy
- Conclusion
- Neoliberal Governmentality of Immunization: A Biopolitical Perspective on the Vaccines in Turkey
- Background
- Immunization as a Technology of Governmentality
- From the Governmentalization of the State Toward the Neoliberal Governmentality: Vaccines in Turkey
- Operating "Governmentality" in Public Policy Analysis
- Findings
- Governmentalization of the State (1963-1979)
- Neoliberal Governmentality: Relocating the State (1985-2002)
- Neoliberal Governmentality of Immunization: "How?"
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Wohlers, Tony Biopolitics at 50 Years
- ISBN:
- 1-80262-107-5
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