Heikki Patomaki
Heikki Patomäki is Professor of World Politics at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Previously he has also worked as a Professor of World Politics and Economy at the Nottingham Trent University, UK, and Professori of Globalisation and Global Institutions at the RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Patomäki’s research interests include philosophy and methodology of social sciences, peace research, futures studies, economic theory, global political economy, and global political theory, especially through theories of democracy and democratisation. His most recent books are The Anatomy of the Euro Crisis. What Will Come After Globalisation? (Into, 2012, in Finnish; Zed Books edition in English forthcoming in December 2012 or early 2013); and The Political Economy of Global Security. War, Future Crises and Changes in Global Governance (Routledge, 2008). He is currently working on two new books, Unprincipled Economics (with Jamie Morgan) and Global Futures. Patomäki is a founding member of NIGD (Network Institute for Global Democratisation) and has also been an activist in the international ATTAC movement from its inception, currently chairing ATTAC Finland.
Publications of relevance (not necessarily project output):
Books
1. 'Eurokriisin anatomia. Mitä globalisation jälkeen?' [The Anatomy of the Eurocrisis: What Will Come After ‘Globalisation’?], Into: Helsinki, 222 p. Forthcoming in English as 'The Great Eurozone Disaster: From Crisis to Global New Deal' by Zed Books: London, in late 2012 or early 2013.
2. Unprincipled Economics. From Marshall to the Crisis of Separation of Time and Theory in Modern Economics, with J.Morgan, Routledge: London and New York, forthcoming in late 2012 or early 2013.
Special issues
3. Special issue on 'World State Futures', co-edited with M.Albert, G.Harste and K.E.Jørgensen, Cooperation & Conflict, (47):2, June 2012.
Articles
4. “Towards Global Political Parties”, Ethics & Global Politics, (4): 2, 2011, pp. 81-102, available at http://www.ethicsandglobalpolitics.net/index.php/egp/article/view/7334.
5. “On the Complexities of Time and Temporality: Implications for World History and Global Futures”, Australian Journal of Politics and History, (57):3, 2011, pp.339-352.
6. “Maailmanparlamentin idean uudelleen arviointia – eli miten ylittää kansainvälisen oikeuden ristiriitaisuus” [Reassessing the idea of a world parliament – or how to overcome the indeterminacy of international law], Futura (30):2, 2011, pp.5-18 [a revised version of a paper published originally in Widener Law Review (13):2, 2007, pp.375-93]
7. “The Problems of Legitimation and Potential Conflicts in a World Political Community”, Cooperation & Conflict, (47):2, June 2012, pp. 239-59.
Chapters
8. “Democracry Promotion: Neoliberal vs. Social Democratic Telos”, in C.Hobson & M.Kurki (eds.): The Conceptual Politics of Democracy Promotion, Routledge: London, 2011, pp.85-99.
9. “Kohti globaalia solidaarisuutta” [Towards Global Solidarity], in A.Laitinen & A.B.Pessi (eds.): Solidaarisuus, Gaudeamus: Helsinki, 2011, pp.173-195.
10. ”Dialectics of Civilizations: A Cosmic Perspective”, in R.Marlin-Bennett (ed.): Alker and IR: Global Studies in an Interconnected World, Routledge: London, 2011, pp.87-101.
11. ”Global Futures”, entry in Encyclopedia of Globalization, Vol 2, ed. by G.Ritzer, Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford, 2012, pp.830-6.
12. “Agency, Structures and Time: From Atemporal Ontologies to Explicit Geo-Historical Hypotheses – and Anticipation of Global Democracy”, in F.Bynander & S.Guzzini (eds.): Rethinking Foreign Policy: Walter Carlsnaes, Agents, Structures, and International Relations, Sage: London, forthcoming in Dec 2012.
