The political economy of small tropical islands : the importance of being small
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The political economy of small tropical islands : the importance of being small
University of Exeter Press, 1992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-234) and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 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.
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