Human Nature and Public Policy: An Evolutionary Approach

by Steven A. Peterson and S. Peterson

Book Overview

The essays in this collection explore the implications that the growing challenge from "evolutionary" concepts of human nature have in various policyareas and show what must be done to ensure that policies conform to humanbehavior and its limits for change. As our conceptualizations of humanbehavior switch from one that says human behavior is a product of culture(through learning and socialization) to one that claims that behavior isthe outcome of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403961166
• ISBN13: 9781403961167
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.5"