Tatu Vanhanen
Biographic Data
| ID | 331357 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tatu Vanhanen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tatu |
| FAMILY NAME | Vanhanen |
| SIGNATURE | VANHANEN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 256 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Ethnic Nepotism as a Cross-Cultural Background Factor of Ethnic Conflicts
The purpose of this article has been to explore why ethnic conflicts tend to break out in all ethnically divided societies. The principal explanation was traced to the evolved disposition for ethnic nepotism shared by all human populations. Ethnic nepotism was measured roughly by the degree of ethnic heterogeneity of the populations. It was correlated with the scale of ethnic conflicts in the group of 187 countries. The results of correlation ana…
Strategies of Democratization
Democratization: A Comparative Analysis of 170 Countries
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
Struggle for Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Prospects of Democracy: A study of 172 countries
IQ and the Wealth of Nations
Lynn and Vanhanen test the hypothesis on the causal relationship between the average national intelligence (IQ) and the gap between rich and poor countries by empirical evidence. Based on an extensive survey of national IQ tests, the results of their work challenge the previous theories of economic development and provide a new basis to evaluate the prospects of economic development throughout the world. They begin by reviewing and evaluating som…
Democratization in Eastern Europe
IQ and the Wealth of Nations
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A New Dataset for Measuring Democracy, 1810-1998
Democracy has been defined and measured in various ways. This article argues that combining two basic dimensions of democracy - competition and participation - can yield a theoretically satisfactory measurement of democracy that employs three measures: degree of electoral competition, degree of electoral participation and a combined index of democratization. These variables have been used in the author's previous comparative studies of democracy.…
Causes of Troubles in the Struggle for Existence
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Domestic Ethnic Conflict and Ethnic Nepotism: A Comparative Analysis
Ethnic conflict seems to be common in all countries of the world where people are divided into separate ethnic groups, that may have a racial, national, linguistic, tribal, religious or caste basis. In this article it is proposed that a significant part of the universality of ethnic conflict can be explained by our evolved predisposition to ethnic nepotism, which can be regarded as an extended form of nepotism. Evolutionary theories of inclusive …
Democratization in Eastern Europe: Domestic and International Perspectives
Introduction, Geoffrey Pridham and Tatu Vanhanen, Part One: Political Change in Historical and Structural Perspective 1. Democractic transitions in theory and practice: Southern European lessons for eastern Europe, Geoffrey Pridham 2. Groups, parties and political change in eastern Europe from 1977, Michael Waller 3. Predicting and explaining democratization in eastern Europe, Tatu Vanhanen and Richard Kimber Part Two: Emerging Party Systems and …
A Review of Evolutionary Politics
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The Level of Democratization Related to Socioeconomic Variables in 147 States in 1980‐85
It is argued in this article that democratization is causally related to socioeconomic variables indicating the distribution of economic and intellectual power resources among competing groups. This assumption has been deduced from an evolutionary theory of politics, according to which politics is principally a struggle for scarce resources. Consequently, democracy is assumed to emerge in conditions in which power resources have become so widely …
A Review of Biology and Bureaucracy
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More Than Metaphors: A Comment on Gans' Article
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News
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Developments in Biopolitics in Finland
Although some Finnish social scientists are interested in the biological aspects of human behavior and politics, biopolitics has not yet had much impact on political science in Finland. Most Finnish political scientists are in fact indifferent to biopolitics. They seem to think that it is just a fashionable scientific movement which will soon fade
A Study on the Emergence of Democracy
Distribution of Power in The 1960s
On the conditions of the multi‐party system in ten commonwealth countries
(1970). On the conditions of the multi‐party system in ten commonwealth countries. Journal of Commonwealth Political Studies: Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 40-53
A Rejoinder
A New Dataset for Measuring Democracy, 1810-1998
Democracy has been defined and measured in various ways. This article argues that combining two basic dimensions of democracy - competition and participation - can yield a theoretically satisfactory measurement of democracy that employs three measures: degree of electoral competition, degree of electoral participation and a combined index of democratization. These variables have been used in the author's previous comparative studies of democracy.…
Domestic Ethnic Conflict and Ethnic Nepotism: A Comparative Analysis
Ethnic conflict seems to be common in all countries of the world where people are divided into separate ethnic groups, that may have a racial, national, linguistic, tribal, religious or caste basis. In this article it is proposed that a significant part of the universality of ethnic conflict can be explained by our evolved predisposition to ethnic nepotism, which can be regarded as an extended form of nepotism. Evolutionary theories of inclusive …
The Level of Democratization Related to Socioeconomic Variables in 147 States in 1980‐85
It is argued in this article that democratization is causally related to socioeconomic variables indicating the distribution of economic and intellectual power resources among competing groups. This assumption has been deduced from an evolutionary theory of politics, according to which politics is principally a struggle for scarce resources. Consequently, democracy is assumed to emerge in conditions in which power resources have become so widely …
Struggle for Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa
More Than Metaphors: A Comment on Gans' Article
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
On the conditions of the multi‐party system in ten commonwealth countries
(1970). On the conditions of the multi‐party system in ten commonwealth countries. Journal of Commonwealth Political Studies: Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 40-53
A Study on the Emergence of Democracy
Distribution of Power in The 1960s
On the conditions of the multi‐party system in ten commonwealth countries
(1970). On the conditions of the multi‐party system in ten commonwealth countries. Journal of Commonwealth Political Studies: Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 40-53
A Rejoinder
Distribution of Power in The 1960s
A Study on the Emergence of Democracy
Developments in Biopolitics in Finland
Although some Finnish social scientists are interested in the biological aspects of human behavior and politics, biopolitics has not yet had much impact on political science in Finland. Most Finnish political scientists are in fact indifferent to biopolitics. They seem to think that it is just a fashionable scientific movement which will soon fade
More Than Metaphors: A Comment on Gans' Article
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News
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
A Review of Biology and Bureaucracy
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The Level of Democratization Related to Socioeconomic Variables in 147 States in 1980‐85
It is argued in this article that democratization is causally related to socioeconomic variables indicating the distribution of economic and intellectual power resources among competing groups. This assumption has been deduced from an evolutionary theory of politics, according to which politics is principally a struggle for scarce resources. Consequently, democracy is assumed to emerge in conditions in which power resources have become so widely …
A Review of Evolutionary Politics
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Democratization in Eastern Europe: Domestic and International Perspectives
Introduction, Geoffrey Pridham and Tatu Vanhanen, Part One: Political Change in Historical and Structural Perspective 1. Democractic transitions in theory and practice: Southern European lessons for eastern Europe, Geoffrey Pridham 2. Groups, parties and political change in eastern Europe from 1977, Michael Waller 3. Predicting and explaining democratization in eastern Europe, Tatu Vanhanen and Richard Kimber Part Two: Emerging Party Systems and …
Causes of Troubles in the Struggle for Existence
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Domestic Ethnic Conflict and Ethnic Nepotism: A Comparative Analysis
Ethnic conflict seems to be common in all countries of the world where people are divided into separate ethnic groups, that may have a racial, national, linguistic, tribal, religious or caste basis. In this article it is proposed that a significant part of the universality of ethnic conflict can be explained by our evolved predisposition to ethnic nepotism, which can be regarded as an extended form of nepotism. Evolutionary theories of inclusive …
A New Dataset for Measuring Democracy, 1810-1998
Democracy has been defined and measured in various ways. This article argues that combining two basic dimensions of democracy - competition and participation - can yield a theoretically satisfactory measurement of democracy that employs three measures: degree of electoral competition, degree of electoral participation and a combined index of democratization. These variables have been used in the author's previous comparative studies of democracy.…
Prospects of Democracy: A study of 172 countries
IQ and the Wealth of Nations
Lynn and Vanhanen test the hypothesis on the causal relationship between the average national intelligence (IQ) and the gap between rich and poor countries by empirical evidence. Based on an extensive survey of national IQ tests, the results of their work challenge the previous theories of economic development and provide a new basis to evaluate the prospects of economic development throughout the world. They begin by reviewing and evaluating som…
Democratization in Eastern Europe
IQ and the Wealth of Nations
Annotation Annotation Annotation Annotation
Democratization: A Comparative Analysis of 170 Countries
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
Struggle for Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Strategies of Democratization
Ethnic Nepotism as a Cross-Cultural Background Factor of Ethnic Conflicts
The purpose of this article has been to explore why ethnic conflicts tend to break out in all ethnically divided societies. The principal explanation was traced to the evolved disposition for ethnic nepotism shared by all human populations. Ethnic nepotism was measured roughly by the degree of ethnic heterogeneity of the populations. It was correlated with the scale of ethnic conflicts in the group of 187 countries. The results of correlation ana…
Political science (15 works) · Law (13 works) · Politics (11 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Democracy (8 works) · Mathematics (7 works) · Democratization (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works)