Handbook of Governance in Small States (Routledge International Handbooks)

Cathy Hartley

ISBN 10: 0367183994 / ISBN 13: 9780367183998

Published by Taylor & Francis Group, 2020

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pp. 456 1st edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Handbook of Governance in Small States (Routledge International Handbooks)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367183994
• ISBN 13: 9780367183998
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This volume covers a wide spectrum of governance issues relating to small states in a global context. While different definitions of governance are given in the chapters, most authors associate governance with the setting and implementation of policies aimed at managing a country or territory, and with the related institutional structures and interventions by political actors. Generally, good governance is associated with concepts such as policy effectiveness, accountability, transparency, control of corruption, encouragement of citizens’ voice and gender equality―factors which are, in turn, linked with democracy. 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. These problems are not solely faced by small states, but small country size tends to lead to a higher degree of exposure to external factors.

The chapters are grouped into four sections broadly covering political, environmental, social and economic governance. Governance is influenced by many, often intertwined, factors; the division of the book into four parts therefore does not detract from the fact that governance is multifaceted, and such division was based on the primary focus of each particular study and its main disciplinary background. The expert authors have, moreover, used a variety of approaches in the studies, the subject of small states being well suited to scholarly work from different disciplines using qualitative, quantitative and mixed approaches to arrive at useful conclusions.

About the Author

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.