Ultimately there is no substitute for political development, but while there are many tomes written about economic development the concept of political development is almost non-existent.

Actually, there is lots of work out there concerning political development, as I've learned in just the first chapter of Modernization, Cultural Change and Democracy: The Human Development Sequence, by Inglehart and Welzel. (you think those two ever went on a date?)

Ok gotta run. That's for a future diary.

"It Can't Be Just About Us"
--Frank Schnittger, ETian Extraordinaire