Lessons from the political economy of small islands : the resourcefulness of jurisdiction
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Lessons from the political economy of small islands : the resourcefulness of jurisdiction
Macmillan , St. Martin's Press, 2000
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"In association with the Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada."--t.p.
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Small islands often enjoy a distinct juridical personality. Many, whether fully sovereign or not, successfully deploy this "gift of jurisdiction" to economic advantage, offsetting the potentially adverse effects of smallness, isolation and peripherality. These legal powers, reflected in supportive policy and culture, are themselves key economic resources in a development strategy. Globalization can be richly asymmetrical, offering lucrative opportunities for differentiation and nice strategies for small island jurisdictions. This book documents such lessons from a most unlikely group of North Atlantic Islands.
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: uk ISBN 9780333778173
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The book focuses on the experience of six North Atlantic, cold-water islands boasting distinct constitutional arrangements. These range from full sovereignty (Iceland), to federation (Prince Edward Island; Newfoundland and Labrador), to federacy or home rule status (Faroe Islands; Isle of Man; Aland Islands). It explores how different constitutional, political and cultural features of these islands are deployed in strategic economic thinking and planning, leading these jurisdictions to craft a real 'political economy'. The comparative interplay of economic and juridical resources is taken up in relation to four major economic domains: the primary sector; small-scale manufacturing; export of knowledge-based services and tourism. In the outcome, practical 'best practice' proposals are suggested. The book shows the 'gift of jurisdiction' as a strategy enabler, with law and public policy serving as the fuel for development in a decentralizing globalized world offering loopholes or special arrangements to exploit.
Table of Contents
- Preface: Introducing the North Atlantic Islands Programme
- H.Bagole & B.Lindstrom Editorial Acknowledgements
- G.Baldacchino & D.Milne Brief Notes on Contributors EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION
- G.Baldacchino & D.Milne PART I: SMALL ISLANDS IN CONTEXT Islands in Comparative Constitutional Perspective
- R.Watts Small Islands in the Global Kaleidoscope: The Politics of Localism
- B.Bartmann Identity, Culture and Self-Confidence in a New World of Old Possibilities
- H.Srebrnik PART II: CONSTITUTIONALISM AS AN ECONOMIC RESOURCE: ISLAND CASE STUDIES The Economic Costs of Divided Jurisdiction: the Canadian Island Provinces of Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island
- D.Milne The Jurisdiction of the Isle of Man: Catapult to Development
- W.R.McKercher Autonomy, Culture and Economic Development in the Aland Islands
- B.Lindstrom Constitutionalism and Economics in the Faroes
- A.Olafsson From Home Rule to Sovereignty: The Case of Iceland
- G.H.Kristinsson PART III: ORGANIZING FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: SECTORAL PERSPECTIVES The Primary Sector: Problem and Opportunity for Islands
- R.Paterson Manufacturing Development on the North Atlantic Rim
- R.Greenwood & S.McCarthy Small Places, Big Ideas: Exporting Knowledge-Based Services from the Atlantic Periphery
- M.Shrimpton & C.Pollett Tourism and Cold Water Islands in the North Atlantic
- T.G.Baum with L.H.Grant, L.Jolliffe & B.Sigurjonsson Conclusion
- G.Baldacchino & D.Milne Subject and Author Index
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