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.

保羅•科利爾（Paul Collier），牛津大學非洲經濟研究中心主任，前世界銀行發展研究組主任，英國政府非洲委員會顧問，非洲經濟問題的世界頂級專傢之一，著有《最底層的10億人》（The Bottom Billion）、《難民》（Refugee）、《針眼》（The Eye of the Needle）等。曾獲萊昂內爾·吉爾伯奬（The Lionel Gelber Prize）、剋林納國際書捲奬（Corine - Internationaler Buchpreis）、亞瑟·羅斯圖書奬（Arthur Ross Book Award）、埃斯托利爾全球事務傑齣著作奬（Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize）等。2010年和2011年，被《外交政策》（Foreign Policy）雜誌列入“全球頂尖思想傢”。

◎譯者介紹

吳遙，北京大學外國語學院本科，西班牙馬德裏卡洛斯三世大學商學與統計學碩士，美國塔夫茨大學弗萊徹法律與外交學碩士。精通西班牙語和英語。