In "Wars, Guns and Votes", award-winning author Paul Collier investigates the violence and poverty in the countries at the bottom of the world economy that are home to a billion people. A highly-regarded economist and expert on developing countries, Collier argues that the spread of elections and peace settlements in the world's most volatile countries may lead eventually to a brave new democratic world. In the meantime, though, nasty and protracted civil wars, military coups, and failing economies will plague the bottom billion - unless national sovereignty is curtailed and economic disciplines introduced.Through innovative research and astute analysis, Collier provides an eye-opening assessment of the ethnic divisions and insecurity in the developing countries of Africa, Latin America, and Asia where the democratic process so often fails. There have been many policy failures by the United States, the UK and other developed countries since the end of the Cold War, especially the reliance on pre-emptive military intervention, but Collier insists that these problems can and will be rectified. He persuasively outlines what must be done to bring long-term peace and stability.

保罗•科利尔（Paul Collier），牛津大学非洲经济研究中心主任，前世界银行发展研究组主任，英国政府非洲委员会顾问，非洲经济问题的世界顶级专家之一，著有《最底层的10亿人》（The Bottom Billion）、《难民》（Refugee）、《针眼》（The Eye of the Needle）等。曾获莱昂内尔·吉尔伯奖（The Lionel Gelber Prize）、克林纳国际书卷奖（Corine - Internationaler Buchpreis）、亚瑟·罗斯图书奖（Arthur Ross Book Award）、埃斯托利尔全球事务杰出著作奖（Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize）等。2010年和2011年，被《外交政策》（Foreign Policy）杂志列入“全球顶尖思想家”。

◎译者介绍

吴遥，北京大学外国语学院本科，西班牙马德里卡洛斯三世大学商学与统计学硕士，美国塔夫茨大学弗莱彻法律与外交学硕士。精通西班牙语和英语。