A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR 3

ARTICLE AND COMMENTARIES

A Biosocial Theory of Social Stratification Derived from the Concepts of Pro/Antisociality and r/K Selection
Lee Ellis 5

Commentaries

Biosocial Models of Human Social Stratification
Glenn E. Weisfeld 24

Social Stratification, Selection and Explanation: A Commentary on Ellis' Biosocial Theory of Stratification
Samuel M. Hines, Jr. 29

Ellis' Biosocial Theory as Social Darwinism
Pierre L. van den Berghe 34

Author's Response

Response to Weisfeld, Hines, and van den Berghe
Lee Ellis 39

ARTICLE AND COMMENTARIES

The Health of the Polity: Results from a National Sample
Steven A. Peterson 45

Commentaries

Personal Biology and Political Behavior: A Commentary on Peterson's Article "The Health of the Polity"
Brian A. Gladue 57

The Mental Side of Physical Illness: Political Orientation and Activity
Robert S. Robins 61

Health and Political Participation: A Neglected Topic
John M. Strate 63

Author's Response

Healthy Debate
Steve A. Peterson 65

FURTHER COMMENTARIES

Biochemistry and Power-Seeking
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg 69

Reply to Vatz and Weinberg
Douglas Madsen 76

Comment on "Biotechnology and Economic Development: The Role of the States," by John Portz and Peter Eisinger
Paul B. Thompson 78

BOOK REVIEWS

Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 (Alfred W. Crosby)
Précis 81
Cynthia A. Hody 82
Diane B. Paul 94
Claude S. Philips 86

Morality among Nations: An Evolutionary View (Mary Maxwell)
Précis 88
Vincent S. E. Falger 89
Joseph V. Montville 91
Dov Roven 93
Thomas C. Wiegele 95

The Medical Triangle: Physicians, Politicians, and the Public (Eli Ginzberg)
Précis 97
James R. Tallon, Jr. 98
David A. Rochefort 101
David Sadava 103
Richard Crampton 105

Primate Politics (Glendon Schubert and Roger D. Masters, eds.)
Précis 107
Fred Kor 108
J. A. Laponce 111
John Paul Scott 113

Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe (Jane Goodall)
Précis 116
Blaine P. Biedermann 117
Jo Renee Formicola 119
Barbara J. King 121
Richard Shelly Hartigan 123

RECENT BOOKS AND ARTICLES 125

LETTER TO THE EDITOR 133

NEWS 135

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