Wars, Guns, and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places - Softcover

Collier, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061479640 ISBN 13: 9780061479649

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2010

Synopsis

"Collier has made a substantial contribution to current discussions. His evidence-based approach is a worthwhile corrective to the assumptions about democracy that too often tend to dominate when Western policy makers talk about the bottom billion." --The New York Times Book Review

"Before President Obama makes a move he would do well to read Professor Paul Collier's Wars, Guns, and Votes. . . Unlike many academics Collier comes up with very concrete proposals and some ingenious solutions." -- The Times (London)

In Wars, Guns, and Votes, esteemed author Paul Collier offers a groundbreaking, radical look at the world's most violent, corrupt societies, how they got that way, and what can be done to break the cycle. George Soros calls Paul Collier "one of the most original minds in the world today," and Wars, Guns, and Votes, like Collier's previous award-winning book The Bottom Billion, is essential reading for anyone interested in current events, war, poverty, economics, or international business.

About this title

Product Description:

The world is in a mess. For more than a billion people, everyday life is played out against the backdrop of civil wars, military coups and failing economies. For them, the peaceful democracy taken for granted in the West seems an impossible pipe-dream. But solutions do exist - it is up to us to achieve them.

Review:

`He is thinking about these urgent and difficult issues, something that not many people are willing to tackle head-on.'

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061479640
• ISBN 13: 9780061479649
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272