Case for Non-Sovereignty - Lessons From Sub-National Island Jurisdictions

Informationen zum Autor Godfrey Baldacchino is an international authority on Island Studies, and the second Canada Research Chair at University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Klappentext This is the first collection to look critically at sub-national island jurisdictions. It examines their multi-level governance, international diplomacy, disaster management, offshoring strategies, economic development, other expressions of negotiation and engagement with larger players, especially with metropolitan parent states. The essays illustrate the strategic flexibility which 'non-sovereignty' bestows on these island jurisdictions in relation to globalisation. Zusammenfassung Looks at sub-national island jurisdictions. This collection examines their multi-level governance, international diplomacy, disaster management, offshoring strategies, economic development, other expressions of negotiation and engagement with larger players, especially with metropolitan parent states. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Exploring Sub-National Island Jurisdictions 2. Island Jurisdictions in Comparative Constitutional Perspective 3. The Advantages of Political Affiliation: Dependent & Independent Small Island Profiles 4. In or Out: Sub-National Island Jurisdictions and the Antechamber of Paradiplomacy. 5. Island Disaster Paradiplomacy in the Commonwealth. 6. Isolation as disability and resource: considering sub-national island status in the constitution of the ‘New Tasmania’ 7. Unitary State, Devolution, Autonomy, Secession: State Building and Nation Building in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea 8. Dependence and Autonomy in Sub-National Island Jurisdictions: The Case of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. 9. The Rise and Fall of Sub-National Island Jurisdictions: The Cases of San Andrés y Providencia and the Galápagos Islands. 10. ‘We are not ready’: Colonialism or Autonomy in Tokelau

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• Autoren: Godfrey Baldacchino, Godfrey (University of Malta Baldacchino, Godfrey (University of Prince Edward Baldacchino, Godfrey Milne Baldacchino, Baldacchino God, BALDACCHINO GODFREY MILNE DAVID
• Mitarbeit: Godfrey Baldacchino (Herausgeber), Godfrey (University of Prince Edward Island Baldacchino (Herausgeber), Baldacchino Godfrey (Herausgeber), David Milne (Herausgeber), David (University of Prince Edward Island Milne (Herausgeber), Milne David (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 29.08.2008
• EAN: 9780415455503
• ISBN: 978-0-415-45550-3
• Seiten: 192
• Themen: Ratgeber > Sport; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Allgemeines, Lexika; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state