Böcker av Heikki Patomaki

Debating the War in Ukraine discusses whether the war in Ukraine could have been avoided, and, if so, how? In this dialogical book, the authors discuss nodal points of history in terms of counterfactuals and contrastive explanations, concluding by considering future possibilities.

Provides a study of looming war crises and transformations of the global political economy, bringing together economic and political theory, peace and conflict research and historical analogy to explore the alternatives.

This work articulates a systematic critical realist response to a quest for more emancipatory methodologies in international relations. Heikki Patomaki here establishes a way out of the international relations problematic which has puzzled so many thinkers and scholars since the 1800s.

Globalization is accomodating an extension of the scope and powers of international organizations, such as the United Nations, the WTO & the IMF. This volume addresses the democratic deficit which exists at international level and suggests democratic reforms.

This study makes the case for the Tobin tax, and develops the novel idea of a Tobin tax organization (TTO) to implement it..