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  • The World of Biology and Politics

    Edited by Steven A. Peterson, Albert Somit ...
    Series Book 11 - Research in Biopolitics
    This volume describes (a) the present academic and institutional status of Biopolitics and (b) the wide range of research areas that have emerged within the field. The Introduction puts into perspective the major differences and similarities between Biopolitics and more traditional approaches to political science in terms of basic concepts, scope, research methodology, and the resulting ... Read more

    $136.99 USD

  • Biopolicy

    The Life Sciences and Public Policy

    Edited by Albert Somit, Steven A. Peterson ...
    Series Book 10 - Research in Biopolitics
    "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 for policy-making. The first part of the book provides an introduction to the subject of biopolicy as ... Read more

    $147.99 USD

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    How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create

    by Pascal Boyer ...
    A scientist integrates evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and more to explore the development and workings of human societies."There is no good reason why human societies should not be described and explained with the same precision and success as the rest of nature." Thus argues evolutionary psychologist Pascal Boyer in this uniquely innovative book.Integrating recent ... Read more

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  • The Intelligence Paradox

    Why the Intelligent Choice Isn't Always the Smart One

    by Satoshi Kanazawa ...
    A book that challenges common misconceptions about the nature of intelligenceSatoshi Kanazawa's Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters (written with Alan S. Miller) was hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "a rollicking bit of pop science that turns the lens of evolutionary psychology on issues of the day." That book answered such burning questions as why women tend to lust after males who already ... Read more

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  • The Archaeology of Human Ancestry

    Power, Sex and Tradition

    Edited by Stephen Shennan, James Steele ...
    Human social life is constrained and defined by our cognitive and emotional dispositions, which are the legacy of our foraging ancestors. But how difficult is it to reconstruct the social systems and cultural traditions of those ancestors?The Archaeology of Human Ancestry provides a stimulating and provocative answer, in which archaeologists and biological anthropologists set out and demonstrate ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Children's Rights

    Global and Multidisciplinary Perspectives

    Edited by Martin D. Ruck, Michele Peterson-Badali, Michael Freeman ...
    While the notion of young people as individuals worthy or capable of having rights is of relatively recent origin, over the past several decades there has been a substantial increase in both social and political commitment to children’s rights as well as a tendency to grant young people some of the rights that were typically accorded only to adults. In addition, there has been a noticeable shift ... Read more

    $189.99 USD

  • Cross-Cultural Psychology

    Research and Applications

    by John W. Berry, Ype H. Poortinga, Seger M. Breugelmans, Athanasios Chasiotis, David L. Sam ...
    Cross-Cultural Psychology is a leading textbook offering senior undergraduate and graduate students a thorough and balanced overview of the whole field of cross-cultural psychology. The team of internationally acclaimed authors present the latest empirical research, theory, methodology and applications from around the world. They discuss all domains of behavior (including development, social ... Read more

    $81.99 USD

  • Primate Visions

    Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science

    by Donna J. Haraway ...
    Haraway's discussions of how scientists have perceived the sexual nature of female primates opens a new chapter in feminist theory, raising unsettling questions about models of the family and of heterosexuality in primate research. ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Understanding Social Psychology Across Cultures

    Engaging with Others in a Changing World

    by Ronald Fischer, Peter B Smith, Vivian L. Vignoles, Michael H. (Harris) Bond ...
    Understanding Social Psychology Across Cultures Second Edition starts by asking why social psychology needs a cross-cultural perspective. It then examines cultural differences and their origins, before addressing traditional social psychological themes cross-culturally, for example group processes, self and identity, intergroup relations. Themes of contemporary relevance including migration, ... Read more

    $82.79 USD

  • Working Together

    Collective Action, the Commons, and Multiple Methods in Practice

    by Elinor Ostrom, Marco A. Janssen, Amy Poteete ...
    Advances in the social sciences have emerged through a variety of research methods: field-based research, laboratory and field experiments, and agent-based models. However, which research method or approach is best suited to a particular inquiry is frequently debated and discussed. Working Together examines how different methods have promoted various theoretical developments related to collective ... Read more

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  • The Social Psychology of Power

    Edited by Ana Guinote, PhD, Theresa K. Vescio, PhD ...
    Addressing an issue of central concern in social life, this authoritative book examines how having or lacking power influences the way individuals and groups think, feel, and act. Leading international experts comprehensively review classic and contemporary research with an eye toward bridging gaps across theories and levels of analysis. Compelling topics include the evolutionary bases of power; ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Why Sex Matters

    A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior - Revised Edition

    by Bobbi S. Low ...
    Why are men, like other primate males, usually the aggressors and risk takers? Why do women typically have fewer sexual partners? In Why Sex Matters, Bobbi Low ranges from ancient Rome to modern America, from the Amazon to the Arctic, and from single-celled organisms to international politics, to show that these and many other questions about human behavior largely come down to evolution and sex. ... Read more

    $30.29 USD