Political Economy Of Small Tropical Islands
The Importance of Being Small
Distributed for University of Exeter Press
247 pages
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9-3/10 x 5-9/10
This book is a comparative study of a number of dependent and independent tropical islands and archipelagos. Its contributors seek to answer a number of vital questions affecting the security, political status and economic development of some of the world's smallest and most remote communities.
Contributions by
Robert Aldrich, John Cameron, John Connell, Fred Constant, Henrique Pinto da Costa, Mike Faber, David Hamilton-Jones, Helen M. Hintjens, Jean Houbert, David Lowenthal, David Marlow, Malyn Newitt and Gordon Titchener
Contents
Introduction
Malyn Newitt
Small tropical islands - a general overview
David Lowenthal
Europe's overseas territories - vestiges of colonialism or windows on the worlds
John Connell and Robert Aldrich
Constitutional change, external assistance and economic development in small islands - the case of Montserrat
David Marlow
Alternative forms of decolonization in the East Caribbean - the comparative politics of the non-Sovereign Islands
Fred Constant
France's love children? the French overseas departments
Helen M. Hintjenns
The perils of being a microstate - Sao Tome and the Comoros Islands since independence
Malyn Newitt
The Mascareignes, the Seychelles and the Chagos, islands with a French connection - security in a decolonized Indian Ocean
Jean Houbert
Towards an alternative development policy for Sao Tome and Principe
Henrique Pinto Da Costa
Micro-states, increasing integration and awkward imperatives of adjustment - the case of the Republic of the Maldives
Mike Faber
The federated states of Micronesia - is there a pacific way to avoid a Mirab society?
John Cameron
Malyn Newitt
Small tropical islands - a general overview
David Lowenthal
Europe's overseas territories - vestiges of colonialism or windows on the worlds
John Connell and Robert Aldrich
Constitutional change, external assistance and economic development in small islands - the case of Montserrat
David Marlow
Alternative forms of decolonization in the East Caribbean - the comparative politics of the non-Sovereign Islands
Fred Constant
France's love children? the French overseas departments
Helen M. Hintjenns
The perils of being a microstate - Sao Tome and the Comoros Islands since independence
Malyn Newitt
The Mascareignes, the Seychelles and the Chagos, islands with a French connection - security in a decolonized Indian Ocean
Jean Houbert
Towards an alternative development policy for Sao Tome and Principe
Henrique Pinto Da Costa
Micro-states, increasing integration and awkward imperatives of adjustment - the case of the Republic of the Maldives
Mike Faber
The federated states of Micronesia - is there a pacific way to avoid a Mirab society?
John Cameron
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