The Political Economy of Small Tropical Islands: The Importance of Being Small

Couverture
Helen M. Hintjens, M. D. D. Newitt
University of Exeter Press, 1992 - 247 pages

This book is a comparative study of a number of dependent and independent tropical islands and archipelagos. Its contributors seek to answer a number of vital questions affecting the security, political status and economic development of some of the world's smallest and most remote communities.

Contributions by
Robert Aldrich, John Cameron, John Connell, Fred Constant, Henrique Pinto da Costa, Mike Faber, David Hamilton-Jones, Helen M. Hintjens, Jean Houbert, David Lowenthal, David Marlow, Malyn Newitt and Gordon Titchener

 

Table des matières

List of Tables Figures and Maps vii
8
Introduction Malyn Newitt I
18
Vestiges of Colonialism
30
Constitutional Change External Assistance and Economic
42
Frances Love Children? The French Overseas Departments
64
São Tomé and the Comoros
76
The Mascareignes the Seychelles and the Chagos Islands with
93
Towards an Alternative Development Policy for São Tomé
112
Microstates Increasing Integration and Awkward Imperatives
123
Is there a Pacific Way
150
The Role of Transportation in the Trade Patterns of the Lesser
180
Problems of InterIsland Shipping in Archipelagic Small Island
200
Bibliography
223
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À propos de l'auteur (1992)

Malyn Newitt is a professor in the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at King's College London. He is also the author of A History of Mozambique.

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