Small territories and islands are significant flashpoints in the contemporary world order. They are both exposed to the vicissitudes of international power rivalries and can find it difficult to sustain a stable internal political and economic order. Originally published in 1983 this book provides a balance between enclaves and islands, between Indian and Atlantic Ocean territories and between territories that were self-governing and those that were still integrated into metropolitan political units. Each of the authors shares a close familiarity with the territories they surveyed: one that goes into a direct and sometimes brutal appreciation of the difficulties and realities of constructing a modern life in such limiting contexts
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9781032754178
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-1-032-75417-8
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- Erscheinungstermin: 01.04.2024
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2024
- Serie: Routledge Revivals
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 440 g
- Seiten: 278
- Format (B x H): 138 x 216 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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