Handbook of Governance in Small States

Herausgeber: Briguglio, Lino; Moncada, Stefano; Byron, Jessica

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume covers a wide spectrum of governance issues relating to small states in a global context. What emerges from the book is that the societies of small states are being re-shaped by various forces outside their control, including the globalization process and climate change, rendering their governance ever more complex.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 175mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 885g
• ISBN-13: 9780367183998
• ISBN-10: 0367183994
• Artikelnr.: 60781375

Autorenporträt

Lino Briguglio is Professor of Economics and Director of the Islands and Small States Institute at the University of Malta. Jessica Byron is Professor of Caribbean International Relations and Diplomacy and Director of the Institute for International Relations at the St Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies. Stefano Moncada is a lecturer and researcher in development economics and climate change at the University of Malta. Wouter Veenendaal is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Governance complexities in small states
Lino Briguglio, Jessica Byron, Stefano Moncada and Wouter Veenendaal
PART 1: POLITICAL GOVERNANCE
1 Governing small states: A review
Dag Anckar
2 Navigating hyper-fragmentation in small states: A comparison of Solomon
Islands and Vanuatu
Wouter Veenendaal and Jack Corbett
3 Small islands with strong democracies? The experience of decentralization
in Cabo Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe
Edalina Rodrigues Sanches
4 Parties, elections and political maturation in the UK Overseas
Territories
Peter Clegg
5 An examination of the institutional governance mechanisms to promote
political integrity in Barbados
Philmore Alleyne and Cynthia Barrow-Giles
6 Public administration in small European states: Size, characteristics and
performance
Marlene Jugl
7 Nordic cooperation as a form of governance: Iceland's sheltered society
Baldur Thorhallsson and Sverrir Steinsson
8 The nature and extent of fragility traps in small states
David Carment, Simon Langlois-Bertrand and Yiagadeesen Samy
PART 2: ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
9 Policy measures addressing nearly zero-energy buildings in the small
island state of Malta
Damien Gatt and Charles Yousif
10 A comparative case study of environmental governance in Tuvalu and the
Marshall Islands
Andrea C. Simonelli
11 Integration of climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and
development in Vanuatu: A systems perspective
Amy Savage, Corey Huber and Hilary Bambrick
12 Dealing with climate change at all levels: Small island developing
states between global climate negotiations and national climate policies
Carola Klöck
13 Environmental governance in small island developing states: Challenges
and opportunities for transformation using a Trinidad and Tobago case study
Michelle Mycoo
14 Emissions and economic development in small states: The role of
governance
Jessica Camilleri, Jonathan Spiteri and Marie Briguglio
15 Environmental governance in Mauritius: Evidence from the Environmental
Performance Index
Taruna Ramessur
PART 3: SOCIAL GOVERNANCE
16 South-South mobility, regionalism and governance in Pacific islands
Alessio Cangiano and Andreea R. Torre
17 Against the tide? A socio-legal review of Caribbean SIDS'
(non)-compliance with international agreements on migrants and refugees and
the protection of vulnerable migrants
Natalie Dietrich Jones
18 Social protection data management in small states: The case of Cabo
Verde
Pedro Lara Arruda and Raquel Tebaldi
19 Enabling adaptive governance through social capital in small island
developing states
Jan Petzold
20 Social governance in the Eastern Caribbean small island states
Godfrey St Bernard and Lino Briguglio
PART 4: ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE
21 Strengthening fiscal frameworks and improving the spending mix in small
states
Ezequiel Cabezon, Patrizia Tumbarello and Yiqun Wu
22 Country size, governance and expenditure on defence and education:
Realpolitik and the peace dividend for small economies
Robert Read
23 Building resilience and reducing vulnerabilities through innovative
financing in the Caribbean
Howard Haughton and Jodie Keane
24 The 'remittance trap': Should we be concerned for small Pacific island
countries?
Ron Duncan
25 Prescriptions for growth and broad-based development in Pacific island
countries
Te'o Ian Fairbairn
26 Economic governance and economic growth in Mauritius
Boopen Seetanah , Harris Neeliah and Raja V. Sannassee