Thirsty Cities: Social Contracts and Public Goods Provision in China and India. By Selina Ho. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 306p. $105.00 cloth.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592719003475
Abstract: not small reveal the very characteristics of smallness. However, rather than comparing explicitly the practice of democracy in small states with larger ones, Corbett and Veenendaal are, in their own words, making explicit comparisons between… read more here.
Keywords: cambridge; small states; social contracts; thirsty cities ... See more keywords
Small States and Finlandisation in the Age of Trump
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DOI: 10.1080/00396338.2017.1302191
Abstract: In a multipolar world with weak institutions, and where the alternative can be chaos and war, Finlandisation is better than its reputation. read more here.
Keywords: small states; states finlandisation; age trump; finlandisation age ... See more keywords
Resistance in tax and transparency standards: small states’ heterogenous responses to new regulations
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DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2020.1800504
Abstract: In the wake of the financial crisis of 2007–2009, by means of a major Western state-led initiative in tax cooperation designed to eliminate tax evasion in the world, offshore financial centers were... read more here.
Keywords: tax; resistance tax; transparency standards; tax transparency ... See more keywords
Small states shelter diplomacy: Balancing costs of entrapment and abandonment in the alliance dilemma
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DOI: 10.1177/00108367231164497
Abstract: Shelter theory has emerged as a promising but unrealized alternative to existing theories of bandwagon and hiding in the literature. It describes how small states can utilize the structural power of great powers to achieve… read more here.
Keywords: alliance dilemma; small states; shelter diplomacy;
When balance of power meets globalization: China, India and the small states of South Asia
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DOI: 10.1177/0263395718779930
Abstract: This article addresses the research question: how have most small states of South Asian region managed to acquire substantial amount of investment from China and India without falling into the strategic orbit of either power?… read more here.
Keywords: states south; balance power; power meets; china india ... See more keywords
Foundations of the Digital Economy in Small States
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DOI: 10.1515/ldr-2022-0020
Abstract: Abstract ‘Small states’ is a term of art with no fixed or official definition. It usually refers to countries that are small in land mass and/or population size. There are vast differences, however, among small… read more here.
Keywords: foundations digital; small states; economy small; infrastructure ... See more keywords