This book demonstrates the increasing interest of some social scientists in the theories, research and findings of life sciences in building a more interdisciplinary approach to the study of politics. It discusses the development of biopolitics as an academic perspective within political science, reviews the growing literature in the field and presents a coherent view of biopolitics as a framework for structuring inquiry across the current subfields of political science.
1. Biology and Politics2. Biopolitical Theory3. Comparative Politics, World Politics and International Relations in Biopolitical Perspective4. Methodological Issues in Biopolitics5. Biology and Behaviour6. Biopolicy I: Decision Making and Societal Issues7. Biopolicy II: Ecology and Environmental Issues at the Global Level8. Toward a Human-Centred Political Science