The Genome Factor
What the Social Genomics Revolution Reveals about Ourselves, Our History, and the Future
1st Edition
Published on 6. March 2017
296 pages
978-1-4008-8324-0 (ISBN)
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How genomics is revolutionizing the social sciences
For a century, social scientists have avoided genetics like the plague. But the nature-nurture wars are over. In the past decade, a small but intrepid group of economists, political scientists, and sociologists have harnessed the genomics revolution to paint a more complete picture of human social life than ever before. The Genome Factor describes the latest astonishing discoveries being made at the scientific frontier where genomics and the social sciences intersect.
The Genome Factor reveals that there are real genetic differences by racial ancestry-but ones that don't conform to what we call black, white, or Latino. Genes explain a significant share of who gets ahead in society and who does not, but instead of giving rise to a genotocracy, genes often act as engines of mobility that counter social disadvantage. An increasing number of us are marrying partners with similar education levels as ourselves, but genetically speaking, humans are mixing it up more than ever before with respect to mating and reproduction. These are just a few of the many findings presented in this illuminating and entertaining book, which also tackles controversial topics such as genetically personalized education and the future of reproduction in a world where more and more of us are taking advantage of cheap genotyping services like 23andMe to find out what our genes may hold in store for ourselves and our children.
The Genome Factor shows how genomics is transforming the social sciences-and how social scientists are integrating both nature and nurture into a unified, comprehensive understanding of human behavior at both the individual and society-wide levels.
For a century, social scientists have avoided genetics like the plague. But the nature-nurture wars are over. In the past decade, a small but intrepid group of economists, political scientists, and sociologists have harnessed the genomics revolution to paint a more complete picture of human social life than ever before. The Genome Factor describes the latest astonishing discoveries being made at the scientific frontier where genomics and the social sciences intersect.
The Genome Factor reveals that there are real genetic differences by racial ancestry-but ones that don't conform to what we call black, white, or Latino. Genes explain a significant share of who gets ahead in society and who does not, but instead of giving rise to a genotocracy, genes often act as engines of mobility that counter social disadvantage. An increasing number of us are marrying partners with similar education levels as ourselves, but genetically speaking, humans are mixing it up more than ever before with respect to mating and reproduction. These are just a few of the many findings presented in this illuminating and entertaining book, which also tackles controversial topics such as genetically personalized education and the future of reproduction in a world where more and more of us are taking advantage of cheap genotyping services like 23andMe to find out what our genes may hold in store for ourselves and our children.
The Genome Factor shows how genomics is transforming the social sciences-and how social scientists are integrating both nature and nurture into a unified, comprehensive understanding of human behavior at both the individual and society-wide levels.
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English
Place of publication
Princeton, NJ
United States
Publishing group
De Gruyter
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Digital original
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Reflowable
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40 line illus.
File size
3,62 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4008-8324-0 (9781400883240)
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The Genome Factor
What the Social Genomics Revolution Reveals about Ourselves, Our History, and the Future
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What the Social Genomics Revolution Reveals about Ourselves, Our History, and the Future
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Dalton Conley is the Henry Putnam University Professor of Sociology at Princeton University. His many books include Parentology: Everything You Wanted to Know about the Science of Raising Children but Were Too Exhausted to Ask. He lives in New York City. Jason Fletcher is Professor of Public Affairs, Sociology, Agricultural and Applied Economics, and Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He lives in Madison.
Content
1 Molecular Me: Welcome to the Coming Social Genomics Revolution 1
2 The Durability of Heritability: Genes and Inequality 12
3 If Heritability Is So High, Why Can't We Find It? 35
4 Genetic Sorting and Cavorting in American Society 60
5 Is Race Genetic? A New Take on the Most Fraught, Distracting, and Nonsensical Question in the World 84
6 The Wealth of Nations: Something in Our Genes? 113
7 The Environment Strikes Back: The Promise and Perils of Personalized Policy 136
CONCLUSION: Whither Genotocracy? 170
EPILOGUE: Genotocracy Rising, 2117 188
APPENDIX 1 196
APPENDIX 2 200
APPENDIX 3 204
APPENDIX 4 209
APPENDIX 5 219
APPENDIX 6 225
NOTES 233
INDEX 277
2 The Durability of Heritability: Genes and Inequality 12
3 If Heritability Is So High, Why Can't We Find It? 35
4 Genetic Sorting and Cavorting in American Society 60
5 Is Race Genetic? A New Take on the Most Fraught, Distracting, and Nonsensical Question in the World 84
6 The Wealth of Nations: Something in Our Genes? 113
7 The Environment Strikes Back: The Promise and Perils of Personalized Policy 136
CONCLUSION: Whither Genotocracy? 170
EPILOGUE: Genotocracy Rising, 2117 188
APPENDIX 1 196
APPENDIX 2 200
APPENDIX 3 204
APPENDIX 4 209
APPENDIX 5 219
APPENDIX 6 225
NOTES 233
INDEX 277
