Talk:Paul Collier

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Take it back... checked CBE for confirmation turns out CBE is not a Knighthood.

Other than User:Arthur Rubin, other opinions are requested for the addition of noncopyright content addition:Politics of global warming, Tragedy of the commons, sustainable management[edit]

"In the Preface, he states the book is an attempt at a middle way between the extremism of "Ostriches" (Denialism, particularly climate change denial) and "Environmental Romanticism" (for example, anti-Genetically modified organisms in Europe). The book is about sustainable management in relation with the geo-politics of global warming, with an attempt to avoid a global Tragedy of the commons, with prime example of overfishing. In it he builds upon a legacy of Economic thought built the psychology of greed and fear, from early Utilitarianism (Jeremy Bentham) to more recently the Stern Review." As User:Arthur Rubin has a history of delete-ism bureaucratic tactics, requesting opinions other than his and his enlisted "partners-in-crime" regarding the addition of non-copyright content, or other article improvements. 99.54.140.39 (talk) 22:50, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This section has abnormal capitalization, clear overlinking, and requires a source. If from the book, it requires copyright clearance (and removal of Wikilinks—we don't wikilink in quotes.) If not from the book, it still requires a source (and probably copyright clearance.)

I welcome other comments. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 16:32, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars event summaries "The Plundered Planet" ...[edit]

This Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars event summaries "The Plundered Planet" ... Book Event: The Plundered Planet: Why We Must—and How We Can—Manage Nature for Global Prosperity 99.37.84.69 (talk) 18:39, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Press release. Not suitable for Wikipedia. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 19:12, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your thoughtful comments: the press release is for you to become a more informed deleter, or not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.35.10.7 (talk) 22:58, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

resource[edit]

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/11/28/the_global_thinkers_20_most_recommended_books?page=0,20 The Global Thinkers' Book Club; Want to think like the world's best minds? Start by reading like them. The Foreign Policy Global Thinkers' 20 most recommended titles. NOVEMBER 28, 2011

3) The Plundered Planet: Why We Must -- and How We Can -- Manage Nature for Global Prosperity (2010) By Global Thinker No. 56 Paul Collier Recommended by No. 55 Martin Wolf

99.19.42.30 (talk) 07:34, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Foreign Policy resource[edit]

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/11/28/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=0,39#thinker56 excerpt ...

His 2009 book, Wars, Guns, and Votes, controversially called on Western countries to condone foreign military coups in response to sham elections, while suppressing rebellions against politicians elected fairly. Thus, according to Collier, the international community could at least delegitimize -- and perhaps even help topple -- the world's most corrupt and anti-democratic leaders. Then came 2011, and a string of the dictators Collier had long been railing against finally bit the dust. Not only was the international community following Collier's advice and hardening against corrupt leaders, but, as he wrote for Foreign Policy, the "bottom-up force of information technology" and the pressures of foreign influence have been "an excruciating squeeze even on the world's seemingly most secure incumbents of power."

99.190.81.65 (talk) 10:53, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

For power, see Power (politics), Power (philosophy), Power in international relations, Economic power ... from power. 99.181.130.209 (talk) 01:36, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not a shred of potential relevance to this article. Furthermore, the quote is clearly excessive, to the extent of copyright violation. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 01:39, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Good governance wikilink[edit]

From our wikipedia article; "Good governance is an indeterminate term used in development literature ... " and since our Collier article states:

director of the Development Research Group of the World Bank
... a specialist in the political, economic and developmental predicaments ...
... rural development in the United Republic of Tanzania
... of developmental aid to developing countries.

we can safely assume thru the the developmental terminology of good governance is similar enough for our purposes.

Add wikilink.

99.181.129.194 (talk) 07:19, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

On the other hand, we can safely assume that he uses the term in a definite sense, so it can't be the same. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 13:52, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It would be informative to check-out the Good governance article as it is the definite sense of development, i.e. a "technical term" as in how Collier is likely be using it. 99.181.148.206 (talk) 02:52, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]