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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bradford :
Emerald Group Pub.,
2012.
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| Colección: | Research in Biopolitics, 10.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front cover; biopolicy: the life sciences and public policy; copyright page; contents; list of contributors; part i: theoretical introduction; biopolicy: a critical linkage; brief summary of evolutionary theory; case study: abstinence-only sex education; structure of the volume; references; the cooperative gene: evolution, human nature, and politics; introduction; what is natural selection?; competition via cooperation; synergistic selection; downward causation; from phenotypic plasticity to ''teleonomic selection''; an evolutionary theory of government; human evolution.
- One example: the use of firethe science of human nature; some implications for political theory; implications for public policy: the fair society; references; the brain and public policy; technological context; the brain and decision making; what does this all mean for policy making?; political implications of the brain sciences; the brain and society; glossary; references; part ii: case studies of biopolicy; evolution, iq, and wealth; introduction: human diversity and natural selection; national iq; measures of the wealth of nations; hypothesis; correlation analysis; regression analysis.
- Large outliers on the basis of ppp-gni-08large outliers on the basis of hdi-10; discussion; references; evolution and foreign policy: insights for decision-making models; introduction; toward a biopolitical approach to fpa; evolutionary origins of leadership; evolution of cooperation and conflict; ethnic conflict; deterrence theory and decision-making under risk; conclusion; references; neurotoxicity and public policy: linking brain chemistry, toxins, and violent crime; introduction; why silicofluorides may be harmful to humans.
- Biochemical effects of silicofluorides and mechanisms of neurotoxicitytesting the hypothesis: enhanced lead uptake and behavioral dysfunctions due to sif; conclusion; notes; references; from embodiment to public policy: the intersection of individual physiology, psychology, and institutional policy behaviors; introduction; individual-level analyses of the policy process; a framework for theorizing physiological, psychological, and institutional aspects of the policy process; the social intuitionist model and moral foundations theory; conclusion; notes; references.
- Driving the great apes to extinction: perspectives from conservation biology, politics, and bioethicsthe human-great ape relationship; great apes' red list status; habitat destruction and bushmeat commerce; a case study: armed conflict and great ape survival in the virunga region, drc; warfare in or close to virunga national park; the establishment of war economies; brutalization of warfare; weak statehood; ethical implications; ethical implications from the perspective of conservation policy and peacemaking; ethical implications from an animal welfare and an animal rights perspective.