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Titolo: | Politics and the life sciences : the state of the discipline / / by Robert H. Blank [and four others] |
Pubblicazione: | Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014 |
©2014 | |
Edizione: | First edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
Disciplina: | 320.01574 |
Soggetto topico: | Biopolitics |
Political science | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Persona (resp. second.): | BlankRobert H. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Politics and the Life Sciences: The State of the Discipline; Contents; Editorial Advisory Board; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Biology and Politics: An Introduction; Politics and the Life Sciences; Historical Development of Biopolitics; Organizational Foundation of Politics and the Life Sciences; Entering the Mainstream; Framing an Interactive Paradigm of Political Behavior; The Brain Is Not a Black Box; Epigenetics: Complicating the Model; Rational Choice Theory; Biology, Health, and Behavior; The Life Sciences and Public Policy; Organization of the Book; CHAPTER 2 Biology and Political Theory |
Pioneers in Biopolitics: The First GenerationEmpirical Biopolitical Theory: Paradigm Change; The Nature of Politics and the State; Normative Biopolitics; Impact of First-Generation Biopolitical Theory on Mainstream Political Science; Second-Generation Biopolitics; Genopolitics; The Next Frontier; The Future of Biopolitical Theory: Bringing the Generations Together; Conclusion; CHAPTER 3 Introduction to Methodological Issues in Biopolitics; Biological Approaches to Understanding Human Behavior; Politics, Political Science, and Biological Explanations | |
Multicausal and Multimethod Approaches to BiopoliticsObservable Measures of Political Behavior; Cues; Signals; Measures of Political Behavior That Are Not Easily Observed; The Central Nervous System and Brain Scans; Measuring the Autonomic Nervous System through Psychophysiology; Hormones in the Expression and Development of Sociopolitical Response; Genetics; Personality, Politics, and Changing Interpretations and Indicators; Conclusions; CHAPTER 4 Comparative Politics, World Politics, and International Relations in Biopolitical Perspective; Coalescence of Fields and Subdisciplines | |
Comparative Politics and Comparative Political AnalysisPolitical Evolution: The Case of the Origins of the State; International Relations, World Politics, and Biopolitics; The Case of Ethnic Conflict and Recurring Wars; Conclusions; CHAPTER 5 Biology and Political Behavior; Biological Bases of Political Behavior; Health Status and Nutrition; Health, Disability, and Leaders; Biological Bases of Leadership; Social and Cultural Neuroscience; Herding in Humans; Social Trust; Empathy; Aggression and Fear Center; Implications for Policymakers; Emotion, Cognition, and Decision Making | |
Emotion and CognitionImplications for Policymaking?; Political Ideology and Political Attitudes; Personality and Political Attitudes; Political Groundings; Voting Behavior; Conclusions: Biology and Political Behavior; CHAPTER 6 Biopolicy: Social Issues; Shortcomings of Current Social Policy Analysis; Social Policy and Ethics; The Case of Obesity; Integration of Complex Information Sources; The Case of Public Health; Biopolitical Perspective: Energy Policy and Hydraulic Fracturing; Benefits of Fracking; Risks of Fracking; Conclusions: Human-Centered Biopolicy | |
CHAPTER 7 Ecology and Environmental Issues at the Global Level | |
Sommario/riassunto: | This book examines the development of biopolitics as an academic perspective within political science. It reviews the work of the leading proponents of this perspective and presents a comprehensive view of biopolitics as a framework to structure political inquiry. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Politics and the life sciences |
ISBN: | 2-487-50066-2 |
1-78441-107-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910463813203321 |
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