Handbook of governance in small states / edited by Lino Briguglio, Jessica Byron, Stefano Moncada, Wouter Veenendaal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Briguglio, Lino, editor.

Byron, Jessica, editor.

Moncada, Stefano, editor.

Veenendaal, Wouter, editor.

Series:

Routledge international handbooks.

Routledge international handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

States, Small--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

States, Small.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

List of figures

List of tables

The editors and contributors

Abbreviations

Introduction: Governance complexities in small states

PART 1: POLITICAL GOVERNANCE

1. Governing small states: A review

2. Navigating hyper-fragmentation in small states: A comparison of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu

3. Small island states with strong democracies? The experience of decentralization in Cabo Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe

4. Parties, elections and political maturation in the UK Overseas Territories

5. An examination of the institutional governance mechanisms to promote political integrity in Barbados

6. Public administration in small European states: Size, characteristics and performance

7. Nordic cooperation as a form of governance: Iceland's sheltered society

8. The nature and extent of fragility traps in small states

PART 2: ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE

9. Policy measures addressing nearly zero-energy buildings in the small island state of Malta

10. A comparative case study of environmental governance in Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands

11. Integration of climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and development in Vanuatu: A systems perspective

12. Dealing with climate change at all levels: Small island developing states between global climate negotiations and national climate policies

13. Environmental governance in small island developing states: Challenges and opportunities for transformation using a Trinidad and Tobago case study

14. Emissions and economic development in small states: The role of governance

15. Environmental governance in Mauritius: Evidence from the Environmental Performance Index

PART 3: SOCIAL GOVERNANCE

16. South-South mobility, regionalism and governance in Pacific islands.

17. Against the tide? A socio-legal review of Caribbean SIDS' (non-)ratification of and (non-)compliance with international agreements on migrants and refugees

18. Social protection data management in small states: The case of Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)

19. Enabling adaptive governance through social capital in small island developing states

20. Social governance in the Eastern Caribbean small island states

PART 4: ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE

21. Strengthening fiscal frameworks and improving the spending mix in small states

22. Size, governance and expenditure on defence and education: Realpolitik and the peace dividend for small economies

23. Building resilience and reducing vulnerabilities through innovative financing in the Caribbean

24. The "remittance trap": Should we be concerned for small Paci c island countries?

25. Policy prescriptions for growth and broad-based development in the Pacific island countries

26. Economic governance and economic growth in Mauritius

Author Index

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-06135-8

0-429-59012-1

9780429061356

OCLC:

1164819887