COLLIER Paul <br/><br/>
Wars, guns and votes:  democracy in dangerous places/ 
Paul Collier. 
 - London :  Bodley Head,  2009 
 - 272 p. 
<br/><br/> Discusses why political violence is endemic in the world's poorest countries (home to a billion people) and what should be done to improve matters. Notes that democratic government holds the best promise but is a long term goal. Notes also that the high-levels of interconnectedness of the globalised world mean that rich and powerful countries have more than a philanthropic interest in seeing these problems resolved. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781847920218 (hbk) :  20.00GBP 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>POVERTY<br/>POLITICAL VIOLENCE<br/>POOR COUNTRIES--INSTABILITY<br/>INTERNATIONAL SECURITY