Genes, Brains, and Politics: Self-Selection and Social LifeBloomsbury Academic, 21 juni 1993 - 208 sidor White moves from a simple proposition maintaining that all individuals seek suitable surroundings to propose a provocative approach to social and political action. Rooting his position in modern life sciences and particularly in sociobiology and neurobiology, he establishes an IMPish model that is interactional, mentalist, and populational. Interactional in that both heredity and environment are credited for due influence on individuals' traits; mentalist in that individuals' actions can be purposeful rather than simply determined; and populational in his insistence that the unique persona must not be slighted in the rush to fashion statistics. |
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... Casey about Donovan was his ability to get things done . " " Casey became close to Donovan and often accompanied him on his assorted whirlwind tours to the OSS outstations ( Casey later repeated this habit when he became DCI [ Director ...
... Casey , Smith observes : " North was in awe of Casey as a spymaster and intellectual . And Casey evidently admired North's can - do daring , and saw him as a soul - mate , perhaps even as a son . They thought alike , and they were in ...
... Casey's proposal has been rejected by at least one Casey defender ( cf. Menges 1988 , pp . 366–71 ) . Woodward ( 1987 , p . 505 ) , however , concludes that as much as anybody , Casey was " behind the contra operation , the Iran ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Public Administration | 19 |
The Neuropolitics of LocalCosmopolitan SelfSelection | 69 |
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Genes, Brains, and Politics: Self-Selection and Social Life Elliott White Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 1993 |
Genes, Brains, and Politics: Self-Selection and Social Life, Volym 10 Elliott White Ingen förhandsgranskning - 1993 |
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