Size and Survival: The Politics of Security in the Caribbean and the Pacific

ISBN-13: 9780714645322 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 208 str.

Anthony Payne;Paul Sutton;Anthony Payne

Opis

Examining the security of small states in the Caribbean and Pacific, this work looks not only at political activity such as the Abu Bakr coup in Trinidad, but other threats to security such as drug trafficking, loss of cultural traditions and

This book provides the first comparative survey of the security problems faced by the small island and enclave developing states of the two major regions in the world characterised by the presence of such states - the Caribbean and the Pacific. It both contributes to the theoretical debate about size and security and offers an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of the politics of security in these regions.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 The Politics of Small State Security in the Caribbean, Paul Sutton; Chapter 2 The Failure of the Abu Bakr Coup: The Plural Society, Cultural Traditions and Political Development in Trinidad, Bishnu Ragoonath; Chapter 3 An Inside-Out Insurgency: The Tukuyana Amazones of Suriname, Gary Brana-Shute; Chapter 4 Drugs and Security in the Commonwealth Caribbean, Ivelaw L. Griffith; Chapter 5 The Politics of Small State Security in the Pacific, Anthony Payne; Chapter 6 An Infinite Capacity to Muddle Through? A Security Audit for Papua New Guinea, Norman Macqueen; Chapter 7 Aspects of Security in Micronesia, Roy H. Smith; Chapter 8 Climatic Change: A New Security Challenge for the Atoll States of the South Pacific, John Connell; Chapter 9 Towards a Security Policy for Small Island and Enclave Developing States, Paul Sutton, Anthony Payne;

O autorze

Paul Sutton, Anthony Payne