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Oxford Handbook of Evolution, Biology, and Society (Hardcover)
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Oxford Handbook of Evolution, Biology, and Society (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Handbooks
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Evolution, biology, and society is a catch-all phrase encompassing
any scholarly work that utilizes evolutionary theory and/or
biological or behavioral genetic methods in the study of the human
social group, and The Oxford Handbook of Evolution, Biology, and
Society contains an much needed overview of research in the area by
sociologists and other social scientists. The examined topics cover
a wide variety of issues, including the origins of social
solidarity; religious beliefs; sex differences; gender inequality;
determinants of human happiness; the nature of social
stratification and inequality and its effects; identity, status,
and other group processes; race, ethnicity, and race
discrimination; fertility and family processes; crime and deviance;
and cultural and social change. The scholars whose work is
presented in this volume come from a variety of disciplines in
addition to sociology, including psychology, political science, and
criminology. Yet, as the essays in this volume demonstrate, the
potential of theory and methods from biology for illuminating
social phenomena is clear, and sociologists stand to gain from
learning more about them and using them in their own work. The
theory focuses on evolution by natural selection, the primary
paradigm of the biological sciences, while the methods include the
statistical analyses sociologists are familiar with, as well as
other methods that they may not be familiar with, such as
behavioral genetic methods, methods for including genetic factors
in statistical analyses, gene-wide association studies, candidate
gene studies, and methods for testing levels of hormones and other
biochemicals in blood and saliva and including these factors in
analyses. This work will be of interest to any sociologist with an
interest in exploring the interaction of biological and
sociological processes. As an introduction to the field it is
useful for teaching upper-level or graduate students in sociology
or a related social science.
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