The political economy of small tropical islands : the importance of being small

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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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