Tatu Vanhanen Explained

Tatu Vanhanen
Birth Place:	Vuoksenranta, Finland (now Ozyorskoye, Leningrad Oblast, Russia)
Birth Date:	17 April 1929
Death Place:	Nurmijärvi, Finland
Nationality:	Finnish
Fields:	Political science Sociology
Alma Mater:	University of Tampere
Known For:	Index of Democratization, race and intelligence
Spouse:	Anni Tiihonen
Children:	Matti Vanhanen

Tatu Vanhanen (17 April 1929 – 22 August 2015) was a Finnish political scientist and sociologist. He was a professor of political science at the University of Tampere in Tampere, Finland. Vanhanen was a coauthor with Richard Lynn of IQ and the Wealth of Nations (2002) and IQ and Global Inequality (2006), and author of Ethnic Conflicts Explained by Ethnic Nepotism (1999).

Work

Vanhanen developed an interest in evolutionary biology after studying E. O. Wilson's sociobiology and later in his career wrote about intelligence and inequality. He supported applying evolutionary and genetic methods to social sciences. However, most of his academic work dealt with democratization, which he had studied with international comparative methods. Vanhanen was known for his Index of Democratization.^[1]

In 2004, the Ombudsman of Minorities, Mikko Puumalainen, asked the police to start an investigation regarding Vanhanen's interview with a Helsingin Sanomat magazine Kuukausiliite, in which he stated that "Whereas the average IQ of Finns is 97, in Africa it is between 60 and 70. Differences in intelligence are the most significant factor in explaining poverty".^[2] The Finnish National Bureau of Investigations was considering launching a preliminary investigation on Vanhanen's speech but later decided against it, not finding that he had incited hatred against an ethnic group or committed any other crime.^[3]

Personal life

Tatu Vanhanen was married to Anni Tiihonen and had three sons. One of them, Matti Vanhanen, was the Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010.^[4]

Vanhanen died on 22 August 2015 after a long period of illness, aged 86.^[5]

Bibliography in English

Books

• Book: Vanhanen . Tatu . Political and social structures: American countries, 1850-1973 . Tampere University Press . Tampere, Finland . 1975 . 9789514403019 .
• Book: Vanhanen . Tatu . Political and social structures: Part 2: European countries 1850-1974 . Tampere University Press . Tampere, Finland . 1976 . 9780835702539 .
• Book: Vanhanen . Tatu . Multi-party democracy in action . Tampere University Press . Tampere, Finland . 1978 . 9789514406935 .
• Book: Vanhanen . Tatu . Power and the means of power: a study of 119 Asian, European, American, and African states, 1850-1975 . University Microfilms International . 1979 . 9780835703987 .
• Book: Vanhanen . Tatu . The process of democratization: A comparative study of 147 states 1980–1988 . Crane Russak . 1990 . 9780844816401 . registration .
• Book: Vanhanen . Tatu . Politics of ethnic nepotism: India as an example . Sterling Publishing . 1991 . 9788120711761 .
• Book: Vanhanen . Tatu . Strategies of democratization . Taylor & Francis . 1992 . 9780844817200 . registration .
• Book: Vanhanen . Tatu . On the evolutionary roots of politics . Sterling Publishing . 1992 . 9788120714212 .
• Book: Vanhanen . Tatu . Pridham . Geoffrey . Democratization in Eastern Europe: Domestic and international perspectives . Routledge . 1994 . 9780415110648 .
• Book: Vanhanen . Tatu . Prospects of democracy: A study of 172 countries . Routledge . 1997 . 9780415144063 .
• Book: Vanhanen . Tatu . Ethnic conflicts explained by ethnic nepotism . Emerald Group Publishing . 1999 . Research in Biopolitics . 9780762305834 .
• Book: Vanhanen . Tatu . Lynn . Richard . Richard Lynn . . Praeger . Westport, Connecticut . 2002 . 9780275975104 .
• Book: Vanhanen . Tatu . Democratization: A comparative analysis of 170 countries . Routledge . 2003 . 9780415318600 .
• Book: Vanhanen . Tatu . The limits of democratization: Climate, intelligence, and resource distribution . . Washington . 2009 . 9781593680312 .
• Book: Vanhanen . Tatu . Lynn . Richard . Richard Lynn . Intelligence: A unifying construct for the social sciences . Ulster Institute for Social Research . Ulster . 2012 . 9780956881175 .
• Book: Vanhanen . Tatu . Global inequality as a consequence of human diversity: A new theory tested by empirical evidence . Ulster Institute for Social Research . Ulster . 2014 . 9780957391376 .

See also

• Race and intelligence

Notes and References

1. Book: Döbel, Ulrike. Tatu Vanhanens 'Index of Democratization' als Beispiel einer Demokratiemessung. 2010. 978-3-640-53094-6. München. 724263048.
2. Web site: Comments in interview could bring charges of inciting racism against PM Vanhanen's father . August 12, 2004 . Helsingin Sanomat . July 19, 2014.
3. Web site: KRP ei aloita esitutkintaa Vanhasen lausunnoista . fi . August 18, 2004 . National Bureau of Investigation . July 19, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140726014558/http://www.poliisi.fi/poliisi/krp/home.nsf/PFBD/2465D0FDFBE86B05C2256EEE0048566C?opendocument . July 26, 2014 .
4. Web site: Suomenmaa: Matti Vanhasen isä Tatu Vanhanen on kuollut . Sami. Koski. fi . August 22, 2015 . Iltalehti . August 20, 2020.
5. Web site: Professori oli edelläkävijä jo 1970-luvulla. fi . September 16, 2015 . Helsingin Sanomat . J. P.. Roos. Pertti. Töttö. subscription . August 20, 2020.