The New Empirical Biopolitics

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6232649
AutoresJohn R Alford (0000-0003-1866-8271, Rice University), John R Hibbing (0000-0002-6922-2459, University of Nebraska–Lincoln)
Año2008
Volumen11
Número1
Páginas183-203
Fecha de publicación2008-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAnnual Review of Political Science (BOOK_SERIES)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1094-2939 • E-ISSN: 1545-1577
EditorialAnnual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1146/annurev.polisci.11.060806.161216
OpenAlexW2101742530
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19
Referencias citadas60

Political science traditionally has either ignored biology in favor of purely environmental explanations for political phenomena or merely ruminated about the likely role of biology, leaving data-based research on biopolitics in dangerously short supply. Currently, attention to the apparent genetic basis for political and social orientations holds the greatest promise of advancing empirical biopolitics. Thus, in this essay, we orient behavior genetics research in the larger framework of biology and politics, confront its normative implications, describe the techniques involved, assess the strengths and weaknesses of commonly employed data and procedures, and describe the next steps in this research stream. Because these next steps involve molecular genetic work, we provide some background genetic information, but we mainly urge political scientists to join interdisciplinary teams so that nature and nurture can both be employed in ongoing efforts to understand the sources of mass-scale human politics

Biopower · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Nature versus nurture · Normative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Law