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.

Contents: PART I INTRODUCING SMALL STATES 1 Small states: concepts and theories 2 Godfrey Baldacchino and Anders Wivel 2 Small states: surviving, perishing and proliferating through history 20 Matthias Maass 3 Small states: politics and policies 38 Dag Anckar 4 Small states: public management and policy-making 55 Külli Sarapuu and Tiina Randma-Liiv 5 Small states: challenges of political economy 70 Godfrey Baldacchino 6 Small states: challenges and coping strategies in the UN General Assembly 83 Diana Panke and Julia Gurol PART II EUROPE 7 Small states in Europe 99 Anders Wivel 8 The Nordic states: keeping cool at the top? 113 Baldur Thorhallsson and Jóna Sólveig Elínardóttir 9 The non-identical Mediterranean island states: Cyprus and Malta 131 Roderick Pace 10 Politics of the four European microstates: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco and San Marino 150 Wouter P. Veenendaal 11 Small states in Europe as a buffer between East and West 168 Revecca Pedi 12 Small states of the Balkans: after Yugoslavia and its ‘third way’ 189 Stefano Bianchini PART III MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA 13 Mediation by small states: Norway and Sweden in the Israeli– Palestinian conflict 207 Jacob Eriksson 14 Politics and economy in small African island states: comparing Cabo Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe 222 Edalina Rodrigues Sanches and Gerhard Seibert PART IV CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 15 Small states in Central America 242 Tom Long 16 The foreign policy of South American small powers in regional and international politics 259 Leslie E. Wehner 17 Island versus region: the politics of small states in the Caribbean 278 Godfrey Baldacchino PART V ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 18 Small states in post-Soviet Central Asia: navigating between two great power neighbours 294 Flemming Splidsboel Hansen 19 Enlarging Singapore’s foreign policy: becoming intermediary for diplomacy, transportation and information 311 Alan Chong 20 Small states, China and the South China Sea 329 Leszek Buszynski 21 Small states in the Pacific 343 Jack Corbett and John Connell PART VI BEYOND SOVEREIGNTY? SEMI/ NON-SOVEREIGN SMALL STATES AND TERRITORIES 22 Small, subnational jurisdictions 362 Gerard Prinsen 23 Exploring de facto state agency: negotiation power, international engagement and patronage 379 Eiki Berg and Kristel Vits 24 Protodiplomacy: sub-state diplomacy and wannabe states 395 David Criekemans Index 411

‘The Handbook on the Politics of Small States brings together scholars at different stages of their careers as well as policymakers to investigate the challenges of policy-making and policy implementation in small states. Especially recommended for those unfamiliar with the topic, the book may also be helpful for practitioners who are interested in an introduction to the politics of small states.’