The New Empirical Biopolitics

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6232649
AutoresJohn R Alford (0000-0003-1866-8271, Rice University), John R Hibbing (0000-0002-6922-2459, University of Nebraska–Lincoln)
Ano2008
Volume11
Fascículo1
Páginas183-203
Data de publicação2008-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAnnual Review of Political Science (BOOK_SERIES)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1094-2939 • E-ISSN: 1545-1577
EditoraAnnual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1146/annurev.polisci.11.060806.161216
OpenAlexW2101742530
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19
Referências 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