Contents: Part I: Introduction
1. What is biopolitics? / Steven A. Peterson and Albert Somit
2. History and structure of biology and politics / Robert Hunt Sprinkle
3. Believers and disbelievers in evolution and climate change / Allan Mazur
4. Michel Foucault's perspective on biopolitics / Vanessa Lemm and Miguel Vatter
Part II: Biological approaches to politics
5. The evolution of politics : a biological approach / Peter A. Corning
6. Genes and politics / Aleksander Ksiazkiewicz and Amanda Friesen
7. The brain and politics / Robert Blank
8. Psychology and political psychology : how to use evolutionary psychology to theorize about political psychology / Michael Bang Petersen
Part III: Biology and the fields of political science
9. Political philosophy : an evolutionary perspective / Albert Somit
10. Biology and international relations / John M. Friend and Bradley A. Thayer
11. Comparative politics and biology / Werner Patzelt
12. Research methods in biopolitics / Albert Somit and Steven A. Peterson
13. Political ethics and biology / Kenneth Blanchard
14. Political behavior and biology : evolutionary leadership and followership / Ronald F. White
15. Mass political behavior and biology / Gregg R. Murray
16. Public administration and the life sciences : pathways forward / Joseph Losco
17. Biology and political communication / Erik Bucy
18. Biology and policymaking / Odelia Funke
19. Observational research methods and politics / Bobbie J. Foster and Patrick A. Stewart
Part IV: Biopolicy
20. Policy implications of biosocial research / Danielle Boisvert and Jamie Vaske
21. Genetic modification of food : a comparative examination of policy environments / Tony E. Wohlers
22. Toxins, health, and behavior : implications of toxicology for public policy / Roger D. Masters
23. The science of human nature and the social contract : a biological frame for public policy / Peter A. Corning
24. Climate change and environmental security : implications for national and homeland security / Kent Butts
25. The ties that bind : policy implications of evolutionary and developmental perspectives on women and their children's reproductive strategies / Laurette Liesen
26. Darwinian democracy? how evolutionary theory informs constitutional design / Michael Latner
27. Engineering the future : new frontiers for biopolitics / Amy Fletcher
28. From biodiversity to policies to politics / Denis Couvet
Part V: Reflections on biology and politics
29. Controversies in biology : implications for the study of biology and politics / Steven A. Peterson and Albert Somit
30. The crystal ball - biology, political science, and biopolitics / Albert Somit and Steven A. Peterson
Index.