The new empirical biopolitics

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 11, Issue , 2008, Pages 183-203

  Alford, John R ^a   Hibbing, John R ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology; Heredity; Personality; Political orientations; Twins

Indexed keywords

EID: 47549097814     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.11.060806.161216     Document Type: Article

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