Since the launch of the Millennium Development Goals in 2000, ensuring democratic freedoms in developing countries has become a major global political concern. As a result, various donor countries have implemented good governance conditionalities in their financial aid policies, emphasizing the establishment of fair democratic elections in recipient countries. However, efforts to strengthen legitimate democratic governments in developing countries have been largely unsuccessful. In his book Wars, Guns and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places, economist Paul Collier examines how the international community's obsession with democracy and elections has hampered the development process in what he calls the billion countries the poorest. Employing methods of economic analysis, Collier demonstrates how current international development policies have exacerbated rather than alleviated existing problems hampering reconstruction efforts in low-income states. To help address the harmful effects of these policies, Collier proposes several innovative solutions that he believes could better support political and economic development in billions of countries' poorest countries. However, Wars, Guns, and Votes is not without its limitations. Although Collier offers a new economic perspective on topics previously dominated by other social sciences, he fails to define key concepts relevant to his argument. Additionally, Collier's writing style is extremely convoluted. Therefore, it can be seen that although Wars, Guns, and Votes offers a new economic approach to development, the book is limited in terms of comprehensiveness and accessibility. Collier begins Wars, Guns, and Votes by examining the issues that hinder successful implementation. of democracy... middle of document ...... then analyzed the different social, economic and political characteristics of each country that experienced or was about to experience a civil war. As a result, Collier and Hoeffler were able to conclude (Collier 2010, p.123-124) “that low-income countries are more likely to experience civil war.” It can therefore be seen that although the causes of the Civil War have been widely studied by other academic disciplines, Collier's statistical approach offers a new qualitative perspective on the subject. Additionally, Collier's use of economic analysis methods helps support the legitimacy of his main arguments, while also reinforcing the idea that the book is comprehensive and well-researched. Despite the book's strengths, it also suffers from a number of problems. of weaknesses. In the book, the problems of political violence in the billions of poorest countries