Wars, Guns, and Votes

Informationen zum Autor Paul Collier is the Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government. He is the author of The Bottom Billion , which won the Lionel Gelber Prize and the Arthur Ross Prize awarded by the Council on Foreign Relations, The Plundered Planet , Exodus and Refuge (with Alexander Betts). Collier has served as Director of the Research Department of the World Bank, and consults with the German and many other governments around the world. Klappentext In Wars, Guns, and Votes , Paul Collier investigates the violence and poverty in the small, remote countries at the lowest level of the global economy and argues that the spread of elections and peace settlements may lead to a brave new democratic world. For now and into the foreseeable future, however, nasty and long civil wars, military coups, and failing economies are the order of the day. An esteemed economist and a foremost authority on developing countries, Collier gives an eye-opening assessment of the ethnic divisions and insecurities in the developing countries of Africa, Latin America, and Asia, where corruption is often firmly rooted in the body politic, and persuasively outlines what must be done to bring peace and stability. Groundbreaking and provocative, Wars, Guns, and Vote s is a passionate and convincing argument for the peaceful development of the most volatile places on earth. Zusammenfassung “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. ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Paul Collier, Collier Paul
• Verlag: Harper Perennial USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 09.02.2010
• EAN: 9780061479649
• ISBN: 978-0-06-147964-9
• Seiten: 272
• Abmessung: 137 mm x 205 mm x 17 mm
• Themen: Sachbuch; Geopolitics, Africa, HISTORY / World, military history, International Relations, East Africa, Southern Africa, Political structures: democracy, History of Science, Second World War, Political Economy, Social and cultural history, African History, Political science and theory, West Africa, Political control and freedoms, Political ideologies and movements, Political structure and processes, Corruption in politics, government and society, Housing and homelessness, HISTORY: WORLD, POLITICAL SCIENCE: General, HISTORY: Military / World War II, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Process / General, HISTORY: Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: History & Theory, HISTORY: Africa / East, HISTORY: Africa / West, HISTORY: Africa / South / General