"Man Is by Nature a Political Animal: Evolution, Biology, and Politics" ed. by Peter K. Hatemi, Rose McDermott (Repost)

Authors bring together a diverse group of contributors to examine the ways in which evolutionary theory and biological research are increasingly informing analyses of political behavior.
Focusing on the theoretical, methodological, and empirical frameworks of a variety of biological approaches to political attitudes and preferences, the authors consider a wide range of topics, including the comparative basis of political behavior, the utility of formal modeling informed by evolutionary theory, the genetic bases of attitudes and behaviors, psychophysiological methods and research, and the wealth of insight generated by recent research on the human brain.

Through this approach, the book reveals the biological bases of many previously unexplained variances within the extant models of political behavior.
The diversity of methods discussed and variety of issues examined here will make this book of great interest to students and scholars seeking a comprehensive overview of this emerging approach to the study of politics and behavior.

Contents
Foreword - James Druckman
Acknowledgments
Introduction - Peter K. Hatemi and Rose McDermott
1 Evolution as a Theory for Political Behavior - Peter K. Hatemi and Rose McDermott
2 Political Primates: What Other Primates Can Tell Us about the Evolutionary Roots of Our Own Political Behavior - Darby Proctor and Sarah Brosnan
3 Formal Evolutionary Modeling for Political Scientists - Oleg Smirnov and Tim Johnson
4 Modeling the Cultural and Biological Inheritance of Social and Political Behavior in Twins and Nuclear Families - Lindon J. Eaves, Peter K. Hatemi, Andrew C. Heath, and Nicholas G. Martin
5 Gene-Environment Interplay for the Study of Political Behaviors - Jason D. Boardman
6 Genes, Games, and Political Participation - James H. Fowler, Peter J. Loewen, Jaime Settle, and Christopher T. Dawes
7 The Mind-Body Connection: Psychophysiology as an Approach to Studying Political Attitudes and Behaviors - Kevin B. Smith and John R. Hibbing
8 Hormones and Politics - Rose McDermott
9 Testosterone and the Biology of Politics: Experimental Evidence from the 2008 Presidential Election - Coren L. Apicella and David A. Cesarini
10 From SCAN to Neuropolitics - Darren Schreiber
11 Conclusion - Peter K. Hatemi and Rose McDermott
Index