Governance of Small Jurisdictions: Guest Editors' Introduction |
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Authors: | Pirotta Godfrey A Wettenhall Roger Briguglio Lino |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Public Policy, University of Malta, Tal-Qroqq, Malta;(2) Centre for Research in Public Sector Management, University of Canberra, Australia;(3) Islands and Small States Institute, University of Malta, Valetta |
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Abstract: | This article introduces a symposium on the Governance of Small Jurisdictions developed from selected papers first presented at a conference at the Islands and Small States Institute of the University of Malta in November 1999. It notes the important role of the University of Malta in promoting the study of governance in small states, and recognises other leaders in the small and island states study movement including the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration which co-hosted the beginning conference.The article then considers the notions of smallness and statehood as generally used in this branch of scholarship, reflects on what small states have in common, introduces the other articles which make up the symposium, and provides a list of some 90 states with populations of under one million sorted into three categories: (i) sovereign states, (ii) states in federations, and (iii) associate states, self-governing territories and self-governing colonies. |
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Keywords: | small and island states governance smallness statehood vulnerability |
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