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teivo teivainen

teivo teivainen is professor of world politics at the university of helsinki .
having received his phd in 2000 at the university of helsinki , teivainen became the founding director of the program on democracy and global transformation at the national university of san marcos , in lima , peru in 2003 .
in 2006 , teivainen was nominated as a full professor of the university of helsinki .
in his inaugural presentation on 30 may 2007 , teivainen demanded for open and analytical debate on the relationship between capitalism and democracy .
he emphasized the problematic nature of capitalism analysis in finland , which he saw partly as a result of the geopolitical position of finland .
in addition , he characterized the discipline of world politics as a field that should take seriously the political nature of non-state actors such as transnational corporations and social movements .
