Kristen Renwick Monroe is Professor of Politics and Associate Director of the Program in Political Psychology at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of Presidential Popularity and the Economy and editor of The Economic Approach to Politics: A Critical Reassessment of the Theory of Rational Action and The Political Process and Economic Change.

• The Human Face of AltruismAcknowledgmentsIntroduction3Ch. 1The Puzzle of Altruism6Ch. 2The Entrepreneur27Ch. 3The Philanthropist41Ch. 4The Heroine63Ch. 5Rescuers of Jews in Nazi Europe91Ch. 6Sociocultural Attributes of Altruism121Ch. 7Economic Approaches to Altruism137Ch. 8Explanations from Evolutionary Biology161Ch. 9Psychological Discussions of Altruism179Ch. 10The Altruistic Perspective: Perceptions of a Shared Humanity197Ch. 11Perspective and Ethical Political Acts: Initial Thoughts217Conclusion233Notes239Bibliography271Index285

Winner of the 1997 Best Book Award, American Political Science Association Winner of the 1997 Best Book Award, Political Psychology Section of the American Political Science Association

Kristen Renwick Monroe is Professor of Politics and Associate Director of the Program in Political Psychology at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of Presidential Popularity and the Economy and editor of The Economic Approach to Politics: A Critical Reassessment of the Theory of Rational Action and The Political Process and Economic Change.

• The Human Face of AltruismAcknowledgmentsIntroduction3Ch. 1The Puzzle of Altruism6Ch. 2The Entrepreneur27Ch. 3The Philanthropist41Ch. 4The Heroine63Ch. 5Rescuers of Jews in Nazi Europe91Ch. 6Sociocultural Attributes of Altruism121Ch. 7Economic Approaches to Altruism137Ch. 8Explanations from Evolutionary Biology161Ch. 9Psychological Discussions of Altruism179Ch. 10The Altruistic Perspective: Perceptions of a Shared Humanity197Ch. 11Perspective and Ethical Political Acts: Initial Thoughts217Conclusion233Notes239Bibliography271Index285

Winner of the 1997 Best Book Award, American Political Science Association Winner of the 1997 Best Book Award, Political Psychology Section of the American Political Science Association

Kristen Renwick Monroe is Professor of Politics and Associate Director of the Program in Political Psychology at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of Presidential Popularity and the Economy and editor of The Economic Approach to Politics: A Critical Reassessment of the Theory of Rational Action and The Political Process and Economic Change.

• The Human Face of AltruismAcknowledgmentsIntroduction3Ch. 1The Puzzle of Altruism6Ch. 2The Entrepreneur27Ch. 3The Philanthropist41Ch. 4The Heroine63Ch. 5Rescuers of Jews in Nazi Europe91Ch. 6Sociocultural Attributes of Altruism121Ch. 7Economic Approaches to Altruism137Ch. 8Explanations from Evolutionary Biology161Ch. 9Psychological Discussions of Altruism179Ch. 10The Altruistic Perspective: Perceptions of a Shared Humanity197Ch. 11Perspective and Ethical Political Acts: Initial Thoughts217Conclusion233Notes239Bibliography271Index285

Winner of the 1997 Best Book Award, American Political Science Association Winner of the 1997 Best Book Award, Political Psychology Section of the American Political Science Association