Politics and the life sciences.

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  • Author(s): Johnson, Gary R.
  • Source:
    Politics & the Life Sciences. Sep2011, Vol. 30 Issue 2, p43-64. 22p.
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    • Abstract:
      Politics and the life sciences -- also referred to as biopolitics -- is a field of study that seeks to advance knowledge of politics and promote better policymaking through multidisciplinary analysis that draws on the life sciences. While the intellectual origins of the field may be traced at least into the 1960s, a broadly organized movement appeared only with the founding of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences (APLS) in 1980 and the establishment of its journal, Politics and the Life Sciences (PLS), in 1982. This essay -- contributed by a past journal editor and association executive director -- concludes a celebration of the association's thirtieth anniversary. It reviews the founding of the field and the association, as well as the contributions of the founders. It also discusses the nature of the empirical work that will advance the field, makes recommendations regarding the identity and future of the association, and assesses the status of the revolution of which the association is a part. It argues that there is progress to celebrate, but that this revolution -- the last of three great scientific revolutions -- is still in its early stages. The revolution is well-started, but remains unfinished. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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