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Author:   Thomas Kolnberger (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) ,  Harlan Koff (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9781032410487

ISBN 10:   1032410485
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   22 September 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"Introduction: Agency, Security, and Governance of Small States in a Fast-Changing World Part I – Small-State Theory: Reviewing the State of the Art, Communis Opinio, and Beyond 1. The Power (Politics) of the Weak Revisited: Realism and the Study of Small-State Foreign Policy 2. A Theory of Shelter: Small-State Behaviour in International Relations 3. The Graded Agency of Small States Part II – Agency: The Art of Being Governed by One’s Own Interests 4. Forever Small? A Longue Durée Perspective on Luxembourg’s Extantism, Governance, and Security 5. Security in the Spanish Philippines (1565–1821): Shelter-Seeking and Securitisation in an Early Modern Colony 6. Negotiating Smallness in Three Regional Contexts: Belize within Central America, the Caribbean, and Neighbouring Mexico 7. What is a Small-State Security Policy? ‘Transpolitical Propagation’ in the Case of Luxembourg, Singapore, and Lithuania Part III – Security: Defining and Engaging Threats 8. Small States in the Pacific: Sovereignty, Vulnerability, and Regionalism 9. Security and Securitisation in the Pacific Islands: From Great-Power Competition to Climate Change and Back Again 10. Cape Verde and the Defence and Security Challenges in the Atlantic Corridor: The Case of the Approach to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) 11. ""Let’s Forget that Slovakia is Small"": GLOBSEC, Status-Seeking, and Agency in Informal Elite Networks Part IV – Governance: Interactions Between Domestic and International Norms, Rules, and Action 12. The Rise of ‘Democracy’ in Luxembourg’s Second World War Government in Exile: Agency and Leadership at a Critical Juncture of Luxembourg’s Small-State Foreign Policy 13. Between Formal and Informal Democracy: How the Domestic Politics of Small States Influences their Security Policies 14. African Small Island Developing States (ASIDS) and Good International Citizenship Conclusion: Insecurity of Their Own Making? A Comparative Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development Analysis of Small-State Governance"

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Thomas Kolnberger is Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Luxembourg, Institute for History (IHIST) and Coordinator of various research projects, most recently: Military History of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg in a Transnational Perspective. His fields of interest are the history of Luxembourg; small-state studies; military history; and historical and urban geography. Harlan Koff is Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Luxembourg; GAMMA-UL Chair in Regional Integration and Sustainability at INECOL, A.C., Mexico; Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa; and Docent in Development Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland. His research focuses on international development; comparative regional integration; and migration.

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