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Biopolitics: 1980–81 Update

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Steven A. Peterson ,
Albert Somit  and
Robert Slagter
Steven A. Peterson
Affiliation:
Division of Social Sciences, Alfred University, Alfred, New York 14802
Albert Somit
Affiliation:
President's Office, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901
Robert Slagter
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901
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This article updates the Somit et al. (1980) survey of literature in biology and politics. The flow of work continues at a growing rate. In the period from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 1981, at least 125 items have appeared: six books; forty-four articles, chapters in books, or monographs; sixty-four conference papers; three unpublished, undelivered manuscripts; eight Ph.D. dissertations or master's theses. Over this twenty-four month span, there have been twenty-nine “new entrants,” persons who have not previously authored a work in biology and politics.

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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , July 1982 , pp. 52 - 57
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Copyright © Association for Politics and the Life Sciences 

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