Biopolicy the life sciences and public policy

Biology can inform public policy in a number of ways. This volume explores the linkage of the life sciences with policy (what the book refers to as biopolicy). It features two points of departure: the implications of the neurosciences for public policy; and the implications of evolutionary theory fo...

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Other Authors Somit, Albert, Peterson, Steven A.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2012.
SeriesResearch in biopolitics ; v. 10.
Subjects
Business & Economics > Accounting > General.
Business & Economics > Accounting > Managerial.
Accounting.
Management accounting & bookkeeping.
Biopolitics.
Life sciences.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781780528212
ISSN2042-9940 ;
DOI10.1108/S2042-9940(2012)10
Physical Description1 online resource (viii, 242 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • Biopolicy: A Critical Linkage / Albert Somit, Steven A. Peterson
  • The Cooperative Gene: Evolution, Human Nature, and Politics / Peter A. Corning
  • The Brain and Public Policy / Robert H. Blank
  • Evolution, IQ, and Wealth / Tatu Vanhanen
  • Evolution and Foreign Policy: Insights for Decision-making Models / John M. Friend, Bradley A. Thayer
  • Neurotoxicity and Public Policy: Linking Brain Chemistry, Toxins, and Violent Crime / Roger D. Masters
  • From Embodiment to Public Policy: The Intersection of Individual Physiology, Psychology, and Institutional Policy Behaviors / Matthew P. Cantele, Rebecca J. Hannagan, Douglas R. Oxley
  • Driving the Great Apes to Extinction: Perspectives from Conservation Biology, Politics, and Bioethics / Judith Benz-Schwarzburg, Sophia Benz
  • Leadership and Economics from a Behaviorist Perspective / Nancy E. Aiken
  • Make Up your Own Mind: The Politics of Cognitive Freedom / Amy L. Fletcher.

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