Secrets of the Seven Smallest States of Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Secrets of the Seven Smallest States of Europe write by Thomas M. Eccardt. This book was released on 2005. Secrets of the Seven Smallest States of Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This unique book examines the history, culture, and inner workings of the seven smallest independent countries in Europe. These are among the oldest states on the continent and, despite their diversity, they have much in common. Most have relatively high per capita incomes and life expectancies, and relatively low unemployment. This narrative presents the unique issues that confront small countries, including maintaining their independence, economic viability, preserving their native languages, and sustaining their governments. The second part of the book describes each microstate in turn, showing how each one has met these challenges and adapted over time. These concise and engaging chapters contain cultural information on subjects including the arts, gastronomy, and popular tourist sites."--Provided by publisher.
Small States and International Security
Small States and International Security - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Small States and International Security write by Clive Archer. This book was released on 2014-03-14. Small States and International Security available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explains what ‘small’ states are and explores their current security challenges, in general terms and through specific examples. It reflects the shift from traditional security definitions emphasizing defence and armaments, to new security concerns such as economic, societal and environmental security where institutional cooperation looms larger. These complex issues, linked with traditional power relations and new types of actors, need to be tackled with due regard to democracy and good governance. Key policy challenges for small states are examined and applied in the regional case studies. The book deals mainly with the current experience and recent past of such states but also offers insights for their future policies. Although many of the states covered are European, the study also includes African, Caribbean and Asian small states. Their particular interest and relevance is outlined, as is the connection between their security challenges and their smallness. Policy lessons for other states are then sought. The book is the first in-depth, multi-continent study of security as an aspect of small state governance today. It is novel in placing the security dilemmas of small states in the context of wider ideas on international and institutional change, and in dealing with non-European states and regions.
Handbook on the Politics of Small States
Handbook on the Politics of Small States - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Handbook on the Politics of Small States write by Godfrey Baldacchinoel. This book was released on 2020-03-28. Handbook on the Politics of Small States available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Comprehensive and timely, this Handbook identifies the key characteristics, challenges and opportunities involved in the politics of small states across the globe today. Acknowledging the historical legacies behind these states, the chapters unpack the costs and benefits of different political models for small states.
Tourism in European Microstates and Dependencies
Tourism in European Microstates and Dependencies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tourism in European Microstates and Dependencies write by Dallen J. Timothy. This book was released on 2020-11-06. Tourism in European Microstates and Dependencies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tourism in European Microstates and Dependencies carefully examines the nuances and realities associated with tourism, social and economic development, geography, and geopolitics of Europe's smallest microstates and dependencies. Through case study-based material, the book covers the smallest states of Europe, the European dependencies inside Europe, and other unique territorial anomalies and unrecognized de facto states. It looks at how, besides small size and economy of scale, one of the characteristics that connects these unique states and territories is their dependence on tourism, or their desire to develop it, for their socio-economic well-being.
The Microstates of Europe
The Microstates of Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Microstates of Europe write by P. Christiaan Klieger. This book was released on 2012-11-29. The Microstates of Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The seven microstates of Europe, i.e. Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Malta, San Marino, Sovereign Order of St. John, and Vatican City are remarkable not only for their size, but their persistence. Most have been around for centuries, while much larger empires have come and gone. Despite the great events of the last two millennia, these countries have come into existence and have managed to steer a course away from incorporation within their larger neighbors. Why is this? Rather than being an exercise in triviality, the study in The Microstates of Europe: Designer Nations in a Post-Modern World of the histories of these tiny states may provide insight into tenaciousness of national aspirations and ethnic solidarity that are everywhere evident. Modernist studies tend to view the microstates as illogical anomalies destined to disappear under the crush of social progress. However, these states are anything but marginal—in fact, they are among the richest states in the world. This book examines the phenomenon from structural history and anthropological perspectives. It is not a grand history of petite places—rather, it is an “ethnographic anthology” of a few places in Europe that should not logically exist. The Microstates of Europe is a post-modern critique of the trends of globalism, and it examines the counter-trend of increasing nationalism, particularism, and cultural relativism. Rather than being eclectic exceptions, the microstates may demonstrate the survival of extremely long enduring mechanisms of collective boundary maintenance that are most likely present in many communities throughout the world.
