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Human Nature and Public Policy: An Evolutionary Approach
Somit, Dr Albert, Peterson, Steven A.
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Description for Human Nature and Public Policy: An Evolutionary Approach
Hardcover. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPQB; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Arguing for an evolutionary perspective, this book directly challenges the Standard Social Science Model (SSSM) on which public policy has often been based. The SSSM maintains that human behavior is solely the product of culture and learning. In sharp contrast, the Evolutionary Model (EM) holds that our behavior flows from the interaction between learning and culture, on the one hand, and biological factors-especially our evolutionary legacy-on the other. These different approaches to human behavior understandably lead to divergent conceptions of sound domestic and foreign policy. The SSSM views human behavior as essentially plastic and thus readily changed by governmental action. ... Read more
Arguing for an evolutionary perspective, this book directly challenges the Standard Social Science Model (SSSM) on which public policy has often been based. The SSSM maintains that human behavior is solely the product of culture and learning. In sharp contrast, the Evolutionary Model (EM) holds that our behavior flows from the interaction between learning and culture, on the one hand, and biological factors-especially our evolutionary legacy-on the other. These different approaches to human behavior understandably lead to divergent conceptions of sound domestic and foreign policy. The SSSM views human behavior as essentially plastic and thus readily changed by governmental action. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403961167
SKU
V9781403961167
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About Somit, Dr Albert, Peterson, Steven A.
ALBERT SOMIT is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Southern Illinois University. He has been Executive Vice-President of the State University of New York at Buffalo and President of Southern Illinois University. One of the earliest pioneers in the field of biology and politics, he is the founder of the International Political Science Association's Research Committee on Biology and Politics. STEVEN ... Read more
Reviews for Human Nature and Public Policy: An Evolutionary Approach
'This book proposal looks good. A book that would show how evolutionary theory illuminates many areas of public policy would be a great advance in the social sciences. Such a book could become a standard textbook in public policy courses as representing a newly emerging biological stance on the social sciences'. - Larry Arnhart, Northern Illinois University