000			03035nam a2200397Ia 4500
001			343899
003			0000000000
005			20211104091535.0
008			170627s2018 enk bf 000 0 eng
010			_a2017030134
020			_a9780190299323 (hardcover)
040			_erda
050			_aHM 628 _b.Ox22 2018
245		4	_aThe Oxford handbook of evolution, biology, and society / _c[edited by] Rosemary L. Hopcroft.
264			_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c[2018].
300			_axvii, 681 pages ; _b26 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_a 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. --Amazon.co.uk
520			_a crime and deviance
520			_a determinants of human happiness
520			_a fertility and family processes
520			_a gender inequality
520			_a identity, status, and other group processes
520			_a race, ethnicity, and race discrimination
520			_a religious beliefs
520			_a sex differences
520			_a the nature of social stratification and inequality and its effects
520			_aEvolution, 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
650			_aSociobiology _981278
700			_aHopcroft, Rosemary L. _9127396
942			_cCIR
999			_c91039 _d91039