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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. In an uncertain world, a substantial degree of autonomy, respect and protection for local culture and identity, reasonable provision of employment opportunities, welfare and security by a larger and benign metropolitan state, have collectively weakened most local thrusts for independence. In spite of the mandate of the United Nations Committee on Decolonization, there is a strong case to be made today for non-sovereignty, and it is the SNIJs that provide clear evidence. 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.

Edited by Godfrey Baldacchino and David Milne

First published 2009 by Routledge

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge

First issued in paperback 2014

© 2009 Selection and editorial matter, Godfrey Baldacchino and David Milne; individual chapters, the contributors

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Collection's Items (Sorted by Submit Date in Descending order): 1 to 13 of 13
Issue DateTitleAuthor(s)
2009The rise and fall of sub-national island jurisdictions : the cases of the Galapagos Islands and San Andres y providenciaKerr, Sandy
2009Index-
2009The case for non-sovereigntyBaldacchino, Godfrey; Milne, David
2009‘We are not ready’ : colonialism or autonomy in TokelauConnell, John
2009Dependence and autonomy in sub-national island jurisdictions : the case of the kingdom of the NetherlandsOostindie, Gert
2009Isolation as disability and resource : considering sub-national island status in the constitution of the 'New Tasmania'Stratford, Elaine
2009Unitary state, devolution, autonomy, secession : state building and nation building in Bougainville, Papua New GuineaGhai, Yash; Regan, Anthony J.
2009Island disaster para-diplomacy in the commonwealthKelman, Ilan; Davies, Megan; Mitchell, Tom; Orr, Iain; Conrich, Bob
2009In or out : sub-national island jurisdictions and the antechamber of para-diplomacyBartmann, Barry
2009Success without sovereignty : exploring sub-national island jurisdictionsBaldacchino, Godfrey; Milne, David
2009The advantages of political affiliation : dependent and independent small-island profilesMcElroy, Jerome L.; Pearce, Kara B.
2009A listing of the World's populated sub-national island jurisdictionsStuart, Kathleen
2009Island jurisdictions in comparative constitutional perspectiveWatts, Ronald L.
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