Description: This book contains an overview of research on the interaction of biological and sociological processes. Issues explored include: the origins of social solidarity; religious beliefs; sex differences; gender inequality; human happiness; social stratification and inequality; identity, status, and other group processes; race, ethnicity, and discrimination; fertility and family processes; crime and deviance; cultural and social change.
Review Quotes: "Every department member responsible for library orders should have this volume on their list. Everyone who works in this field -- biologists, sociologists, dare one say philosophers? -- should have their own copy." -- Michael Ruuse, Florida State University, The Quarterly Review of Biology