Handbook on the politics of small states. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Godfrey Baldacchino and Anders Wivel.
• Editors: Baldacchino, Godfrey; Wivel, Anders
• Other Names: Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.
• Contents: PART I. INTRODUCING SMALL STATES: 1. Small states : concepts and theories (2) / Godfrey Baldacchino and Anders Wivel -- 2. Small states : surviving, perishing and proliferating through history (20) / Matthias Maass -- 3. Small states : politics and policies (38) / Dag Anckar -- 4. Small states : public management and policy-making (55) / Külli Sarapuu and Tiina Randma-Liiv -- 5. Small states : challenges of political economy (70) / Godfrey Baldacchino -- 6. Small states : challenges and coping strategies in the UN General Assembly (83) / Diana Panke and Julia Gurol -- PART II. EUROPE: 7. Small states in Europe (99) / Anders Wivel -- 8. The Nordic states: keeping cool at the top? (113) / Baldur Thorhallsson and Jóna Sólveig Elínardóttir -- 9. The non-identical Mediterranean island states : Cyprus and Malta (131) / Roderick Pace -- 10. Politics of the four European microstates : Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco and San Marino (150) / Wouter P. Veenendaal -- 11. Small states in Europe as a buffer between East and West (168) / Revecca Pedi -- 12. Small states of the Balkans : after Yugoslavia and its 'third way' (189) / Stefano Bianchini -- PART III. MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA: 13. Mediation by small states : Norway and Sweden in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (207) / Jacob Eriksson -- 14. Politics and economy in small African island states : comparing Cabo Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe (222) / Edalina Rodrigues Sanches and Gerhard Seibert -- PART IV CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: 15. Small states in Central America (242) / Tom Long -- 16. The foreign policy of South American small powers in regional and international politics (259) / Leslie E. Wehner -- 17. Island versus region : the politics of small states in the Caribbean (278) / Godfrey Baldacchino -- PART V. ASIA AND THE PACIFIC: 18. Small states in post-Soviet Central Asia : navigating between two great power neighbours (294) / Flemming Splidsboel Hansen -- 19. Enlarging Singapore's foreign policy: becoming intermediary for diplomacy, transportation and information (311) / Alan Chong -- 20. Small states, China and the South China Sea (329) / Leszek Buszynski -- 21. Small states in the Pacific (343) / Jack Corbett and John Connell -- PART VI. BEYOND SOVEREIGNTY? SEMI/NON-SOVEREIGN SMALL STATES AND TERRITORIES: 22. Small, subnational jurisdictions (362) / Gerard Prinsen -- 23. Exploring de facto state agency : negotiation power, international engagement and patronage (379) / Eiki Berg and Kristel Vits -- 24. Protodiplomacy : sub-state diplomacy and wannabe states (395) / David Criekemans -- Index (411).
• Publisher Details: Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (448 pages)
• Subjects: 320.1; States, Small -- Politics and government -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; States, Small -- Politics and government; Electronic books; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781788112932; 1788112938
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print record.; Note: Print version record.
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