Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-243) and index.
Contents
Votes and violence -- Ethnic politics -- Inside the cauldron : post-conflict settlements -- Guns : fuelling the fire -- Wars : the political economy of destruction -- Coups : the unguided missile -- Meltdown in Cote d'Ivoire -- State-building and nation-building -- Better dead than fed? -- On changing reality.
Summary
Investigates violence and poverty in developing countries to argue that the spread of elections and peace settlements may lead to a better, democratic world but shares a cautionary warning about the prevalence of ethnic divisions and policy failures.
