Politics and the life sciences the state of the discipline /

• Other Authors: Stewart, Patrick
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2014.
• Series: Research in biopolitics ; v. 12.
• Subjects: Political Science > General.; Social Science > Gender Studies.; Political science & theory.; Gender studies, gender groups.; Biopolitics.

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. The book's chapters present a...

Table of Contents:

• Biology and politics : an introduction / Robert H. Blank
• Biology and political theory / Joseph Losco
• Introduction to methodological issues in biopolitics / Patrick Stewart
• Comparative politics, world politics and international relations in biopolitical perspective / Samuel M. Hines, Jr.
• Biology and political behavior / Robert H. Blank
• Biopolicy : social issues / Odelia Funke
• Ecology and environmental issues at the global level / Samuel M. Hines, Jr
• Toward human-centered political science / Robert Blank.