MACROFOUNDATIONS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT This page intentionally left blank Macrofoundations of Political Economy and Development Survival Conditions Analysis David Goalstone Foundation”have been granted by Professor Hiroko Hagiwara and Kobe- Gakuin University respectively. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2007 978-1-4039-7621-5 All rights reserved.No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2007 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue,New York,N.Y.10010 and Houndmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire,England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St.Martin’s Press,LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States,United Kingdom and other countries.Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-53689-4 ISBN 978-0-230-60431-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230604315 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Goalstone,David,1951– Macrofoundations of political economy and development :survival conditions analysis / by David Goalstone. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:Modern macrofoundation—Classical macrofoundation— Aspects of development. 1.Subsistence economy.2.Economic development.3.Developing countries—Economic conditions. I.Title.II.Title:Survival conditions analysis. HD75.G62 2007 339.5—dc22 2006050729 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd.,Chennai,India. First edition:April 2007 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Everlasting thanks to the team at Newgen in Chennai. I have learned much from you at each stage and love your beautiful design work. Everlasting thanks to my editors at Palgrave Macmillan. I am very grateful for the freedom to prepare this book as treatise,textbook,and literary experiment. of his preservation, and (3) that of the perpetuation of his species. —Marquis de Mirabeau and Francois Quesnay, Rural Philosophy nature human beings 1 original needs 3 2 whole in terms of its roots, subsistence the means of the subsistence, that all the branches of the political order depend. —Marquis de Mirabeau and Francois Quesnay, Rural Philosophy precarious... —Sir James Steuart,Principles of Political Economy proposes —Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations CONTENTS Preface Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE—MODERN MACROFOUNDATION PART TWO—CLASSICAL MACROFOUNDATION PART THREE—ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT 32 Alternative Development Notes Bibliography Index of Subjects Index of People Index of Places PREFACE conditions in the first world. This is seen most starkly in the difference be the poorworlds we need survival-conditions analysis. 1990 ESTABLISHED SUB-SAHARAN MIDDLEEAST I MARKETECONOMIES AFRICA CRESCENT Source:World Development Report 1993(New York: Oxford University Press, 1993), 200–201. problem—can be usefully analyzed through macrofoundations. Ihope this book can provide useful theoretical tools for that sort of project. analysis, demography is treated as the queen of social sciences.