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Let us transport ourselves for a moment on the magic carpet of fancy to the year 1783 that saw the formal close of the war for independence, and listen to a few passages from an imaginary lecture delivered by a prescient professor of moral and natural philosophy in an unnamed American college to a group of boys preparing themselves for labor, achievement, and destiny in the republic so recently ushered into a chilly and doubting world."Young gentlemen: You who hear my voice, if you cross the normal span of life, will be living when the first quarter of the nineteenth century has turned. Those among you who are blessed with the four score years of the Scriptures will approach the borders of the mid-century before the long night falls upon your path. Your children, who will learn their early lessons and derive their bias from your instruction, will be among the citizens who govern the country in 1850, and your grandchildren will face with dimming eyes the dawn of the twentieth century. These facts, we might say, to anticipate the language of a coming philosopher in this ancient college, are 'stubborn and irreducible.'

Intro -- BIOPOLITICS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter 1 BIOPOLITICS: SUBJECT MATTER, HISTORY, AND MAIN SUBFIELDS -- 1.1. BIOPOLITICS AS THE IMPACT OF BIOLOGY (THE LIFE SCIENCES) ON POLITICS AND VICE VERSA -- 1.1.1. Biopolitics as the Influence of Evolutionary Biology-related Factors on Political Behavior -- 1.1.2. Biopolitics as the Influence of Politics on Biology -- 1.1.3. Biopolitics as the Whole Gamut of Interactions between Biology and Politics -- 1.2. LEVELS OF BIOPOLITICS -- 1.2.1. Role of Biopolitics in Terms of Social Philosophy -- 1.2.2. Role of Biopolitics in Terms of Political Science -- 1.2.3. Role of Biopolitics in Terms of Practical Policy -- 1.3. HISTORY OF BIOPOLITICS -- 1.3.1. Prehistory of Biopolitics -- 1.3.1.1. Mythological Paradigm -- 1.3.1.2. Natural Philosophy Paradigm -- 1.3.1.3. Theological Paradigm -- 1.3.1.4. Mechanistic Paradigm -- 1.3.1.5. Evolutionary Paradigm -- 1.3.1.6. Sociocultural Paradigm in Biology -- 1.3.2. History of the Main Biopolitical Schools -- 1.4. MAIN SUBFIELDS OF BIOPOLITICS -- 1.4.1. Behavioral (Ethological) Subfield of Biopolitics -- 1.4.2. Organizational (Structural) Subfield -- 1.4.3. Physiological Subfield -- 1.4.4. Environmental (Ecological) Subfield -- Chapter 2 BIOBEHAVIORAL (ETHOLOGICAL) SUBFIELD OF BIOPOLITICS -- 2.1. CONCEPTUAL UNDERPINNINGS OF THE BIOBEHAVIORAL SUBFIELD OF BIOPOLITICS -- 2.1.1. Ethology -- 2.1.2. Communication: Biosemiotics -- 2.1.3. Agonistic Behavior. Aggression -- 2.1.4. Loyal Behavior. Affiliation and Cooperation. Prisoner's Dilemma -- 2.1.5. Sociobiology. Evolutionary Psychology -- 2.2. IMPACT OF BIOLOGY ON POLITICS AND VICE VERSA AT THE BEHAVIORAL LEVEL -- 2.2.1. Collective Aggression in Human Society in Biopolitical Terms.

This study collected & analyzed data regarding civic education by American political scientist faculty in order to explore whether education about citizenship is a primary teaching objective. It also explores whether faculty members who consider citizenship education important are more likely to be personally involved in civic & political organizations & to use an experiential learning pedagogy. Lastly, it was questioned whether their departments rewarded them for their work in civic education. The study sought data through e-mail & online questionnaires to 2,275 e-mail addresses, & through surveys mailed to a random sample of 600 political scientists. It was found that activist faculty members were more likely to require civic activity from their students than the majority of faculty members. It was recommended that departments consider this in their hiring practices & that they also seek a more formal assessment of faculty efforts in civic education in order to provide incentives for their efforts. 3 Tables, 5 References. L. A. Hoffman

The soc'ization function performed by the basic pol'al sci course is to reinforce pol'al identifications & inclinations toward pol'al involvement. When compared to their peers, pol'al sci students are distinguished by their greater interest in pol & predispositions toward pol'al activity. These orientations are maintained by the exposure to the courses. In addition, the pol'al system is perceived as more open to the student's intended involvement. Major outcomes of the basic pol'al sci course are not to widen the scope of pol'al participation but to confirm earlier processes of pol'al soc'ization. AA.

APSA is pleased to recognize political science faculty members who received campus-wide and department awards for teaching excellence during the 2007–2008 academic year. APSA, Rowman Littlefield Publishers, and Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society, recognize award-winning faculty members each year at the Reception Honoring Teaching at the APSA Annual Meeting. Recognized faculty members receive a certificate noting their accomplishment and their awards are announced in PS and on the APSA web site.

APSA is pleased to recognize political science faculty members who
received campus-wide and department awards for teaching excellence
during the 2006–2007 academic year. APSA, Rowman Littlefield
Publishers, and Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor
society, recognize award-winning faculty members each year at the
Reception Honoring Teaching at the APSA Annual Meeting. Recognized
faculty members receive a certificate noting their accomplishment
and their awards are announced in PS and on the
APSA web site.