Tatu Vanhanen

Kehitysyhteistyöhön on Suomestakin sijoitettu miljardeja, mutta kehitystyön tulokset ovat jatkuvia pettymyksiä. Siksi tämän päivän keskustelussa moni olisi valmis tekemään muutoksia; kehitysyhteistyöstä vapaaehtoista yhdistyspohjaista toimintaa ja valtion budjetista nämä rahat Suomen rakenteellisten ongelmien korjaamiseen. Tunnettu emeritusprofessori Tatu Vanhanen on toimittanut tunnetuimmista kansainvälisistä artikkeleistaan yleistajuisen kokoelman. Hänen mielestään kehitysyhteistyö ei toimi, koska ei ymmärretä kehitysapua vastaanottavien maiden ominaispiirteitä. Länsimaisen yhteiskunnan omilla ehdoillaan tarjoama apu ei voi kohdata paikallisia tarpeita, koska älykkyyseroja ei oteta huomioon. Vanhasen mukaan köyhyys, korruptio, viranomaisten mielivalta, naisten aseman heikkous ja jatkuvat konfliktit johtuvat kansakuntien älykkyyseroista. Mikäli kehitystyössä ei näitä eroja aidosti hyväksytä, kehitysmiljardit menevät jatkossakin hukkaan. Vanhanen tarjoaa kirjassaan eväitä uuden kehityspoliittisen filosofian rakentamiseen. Kirjassa esitellään kansantajuisesti myös kansakuntien älykkyyserojen perusteella syitä sille, miksi Suomi ja Pohjois-Eurooppa ovat kehityksessä kärjessä, ja miksi eurokriisi koskee lähinnä Etelä-Euroopan maita. Erinomainen lisä itsenäisen ajattelijan kirjahyllyyn!

This book examines the relationship between indicators of resource distribution and democratization in the group of 170 countries with data ranging from the 1850s to the present day. Vanhanen constructs a compelling argument, concluding that the emergence of democracy is closely linked to resource distribution.

This book provides the most extensive comparative survey of the state and conditions of democracy ever made. It focuses on 172 contemporary states, with historical data on the measures of democracy and on explanatory variables extending back to the 1850s. It presents a comprehensive exploration of democratization, its successes and failures, making predictions on the prospects for democracy for single countries and for seven regions of the world. As well as presenting empirical analyses of democratization on the basis of Vanhanens's resource distribution theory of democratization and making predictions on the prospects, the book includes contributions from five commentators, Mitchell A. Seligson on Latin America, Samuel Decalo and John W. Forje on Africa, John Henderson on Oceania and Ilter Turan on why some of the countires that pass Vanhanen's democratic threshold cannot in fact be seen as democracies. The volume also includes an introductory chapter which examines and compares other theoretical interpretations of democratization. Prospects for Democracy will be essential reading for all serious students of comparative politics and democracy.

This book provides the most extensive comparative survey of the state and conditions of democracy ever made. It focuses on 172 contemporary states, with historical data on the measures of democracy and on explanatory variables extending back to the 1850s. It presents a comprehensive exploration of democratization, its successes and failures, making predictions on the prospects for democracy for single countries and for seven regions of the world. As well as presenting empirical analyses of democratization on the basis of Vanhanens's resource distribution theory of democratization and making predictions on the prospects, the book includes contributions from five commentators, Mitchell A. Seligson on Latin America, Samuel Decalo and John W. Forje on Africa, John Henderson on Oceania and Ilter Turan on why some of the countires that pass Vanhanen's democratic threshold cannot in fact be seen as democracies. The volume also includes an introductory chapter which examines and compares other theoretical interpretations of democratization. Prospects for Democracy will be essential reading for all serious students of comparative politics and democracy.

This book is an attempt to tackle the problem of democratization in East-Central Europe from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Its contributors look at the process of change within a comparative framework, discussing the emergence of multi-party and new electoral systems, comparing democratic transition in other parts of the world with that of Eastern Europe and analysing that region's relationship with the Soviet Union. Democratization in Eastern Europe will be indespensable to upper-level students of East European Politics, and will also be useful for those with more comparative and theoretical interests.

This book is an attempt to tackle the problem of democratization in East-Central Europe from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Its contributors look at the process of change within a comparative framework, discussing the emergence of multi-party and new electoral systems, comparing democratic transition in other parts of the world with that of Eastern Europe and analysing that region's relationship with the Soviet Union. Democratization in Eastern Europe will be indespensable to upper-level students of East European Politics, and will also be useful for those with more comparative and theoretical interests.

First Published in 1992. The purpose of this book is to examine the strategies used in the struggle for democracy and the problems of democratization in different parts of the world. This examination is based on the idea that the conscious choices of people and their leaders matter and that better knowledge of successful and unsuccessful strategies might help people to adopt more rational strategies in the struggle for democracy. This book originated in the international cooperation of political scientists interested in the problems of democratization.

First Published in 1992. The purpose of this book is to examine the strategies used in the struggle for democracy and the problems of democratization in different parts of the world. This examination is based on the idea that the conscious choices of people and their leaders matter and that better knowledge of successful and unsuccessful strategies might help people to adopt more rational strategies in the struggle for democracy. This book originated in the international cooperation of political scientists interested in the problems of democratization.