Wars, Guns, and Votes

A groundbreaking study of the worlds most violent, corrupt societies and how they got that way.

Investigates violence and poverty in developing countries to argue that the spread of elections and peace settlements may lead to a better, democratic world but shares a cautionary warning about the prevalence of ethnic divisions and policy failures.

Auteur
Paul Collier is a professor of economics at Oxford University. He has also taught at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and has lectured widely on the subjects of economics and international relations. Collier is the author of THE BOTTOM BILLION.

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The author of "The Bottom Billion" investigates the violence and poverty that plague the countries at the bottom of the world economy. Collier argues that the spread of elections and peace settlements in the world's most volatile countries may lead to a brave new democratic world.