Human Nature and Public Policy: An Evolutionary Approach

by Steven A. Peterson and S. Peterson

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Arguing for an evolutionary perspective, this book directly challenges the Standard Social Science Model (SSSM) on which public policy has often been based. The SSSM maintains that human behavior is solely the product of culture and learning. In sharp contrast, the Evolutionary Model (EM) holds that our behavior flows from the interaction between learning and culture, on the one hand, and biological factors-especially our evolutionary legacy-on the...

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"

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