https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/20636 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:09:38 GMT 2026-06-05T18:09:38Z https://www.um.edu.mt:443/library/oar/retrieve/9e16d66c-9857-4055-a814-fa7354da3eda/ https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/20636 https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21076 Title: The rise and fall of sub-national island jurisdictions : the cases of the Galapagos Islands and San Andres y providencia Authors: Kerr, Sandy Abstract: Starting with Iceland in 1944, the emergence of many small sovereign island states has generated interest in the economic and political viability and vulnerability of small jurisdictions. This seemingly irresistible march to sovereignty proceeded for several decades after the Second World War, before waning considerably in recent years. Instead, many island jurisdictions today choose to operate as relatively autonomous units within a larger 'federal' framework encompassing larger states. Hence, recent island scholarship has taken a natural turn towards sub-national or non-sovereign jurisdictional powers and arrangements. The case studies selected for this comparative study of sub-national island jurisdictions (SNlJs), the Galapagos Islands and San Andres and Old Providence (SAOP), are in many respects typical of islands around the world. Their respective economies, for example, are dominated by the primary and tertiary sector activities of fishing and tourism. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21076 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21073 Title: Index Abstract: Index. In G. Baldacchino, & D. Milne (Eds.), The case for non-sovereignty : lessons from sub-national island jurisdictions. Description: Names of contributors are in upper case lettering References to their chapters are in bold Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21073 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21072 Title: The case for non-sovereignty Abstract: Territories like American Samoa, Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Cook Islands and the Faeroes are sub-national island jurisdictions (SNIJs). They all share some measure of autonomous government, and are easily construed as independent states-in-waiting. Yet most of these territories exhibit no urgency to become independent. Instead, they appear to have decided that there are political and economic benefits accruing today when island territories are autonomous but not sovereign. Description: Most of the papers in this volume were previously published as a special issue of The Round Table: Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 95, Issue No. 386, September 2006. This volume is dedicated to Peter H. Lyon OBE, in grateful acknowledgement of his generous support and service to the Island Studies programme, its faculty and students at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada, over many years. Peter's contribution to the development of the Institute of Island Studies and to the interdisciplinary graduate programme in Island Studies at UPEI has been exceptional, as has been his unfailing support and enthusiasm for our research and publications in Commonwealth outlets, including The Round Table. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21072 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21071 Title: ‘We are not ready’ : colonialism or autonomy in Tokelau Authors: Connell, John Abstract: Predictions of global decolonisation have waxed and waned. In the 1960s, during the first great wave of decolonisation, it was widely assumed that there would be distinct limits to this process and that numerous places were too small ever to become independent. At that time, only Western Samoa (now Samoa), Tokelau's nearest neighbour, was independent in the Pacific, and it was not until the 1970s that other Pacific island states followed. Even smaller states, such as Tuvalu with barely 10,000 people, did become independent despite warnings about their viability. In some there was local concern about uneven development, limited resources and infrastructure (as for example in the Solomon Islands), and many small states went to independence with trepidation as much as jubilation (Aldrich and Connell, 1998: 246). Nonetheless, the mood had shifted to the extent that it was loosely assumed that even the smallest colonial possessions would eventually become independent, or, at the very least, would take on a much greater degree of self-government. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21071 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z