The Political Economy of Divided Islands

Baldacchino, Godfrey

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“…First, the larger the island's size and population are relative to those of the rest of the country, and the further the island lies from the rest of the country, the more likely is it for that island to enjoy some level of jurisdictional identity and authority. Such jurisdictional status is likely also to be indissoluble, meaning that the whole island-or all the islands of a specific archipelago-is treated as one governing unit: divided islands seem abhorrent and unnatural (Baldacchino, 2013). (One exception here is the Canary Islands of Spain: it consists of two regions, led by Gran Canaria and Tenerife respectively, reflecting a long-standing competition for primacy in the archipelago.)…”

Section: Distance Size and Jurisdictionmentioning

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How far can one go? How distance matters in island development

Baldacchino¹

2020

ISJ

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Island development trajectories are heavily impacted by their relevance, similarity, complementarity and value in relation to continental development pathways. I would argue that this is so, also because of the physical proximity of islands to their respective metropolis, making the former island units in and of their respective mainland. This paper proposes a politics of distance. It examines how physical detachment from the mainland (and from central government) impacts on an island's ability to determine its own destiny and developmental course. This paper does so by reviewing how near islands and remote islands have: (a) nurtured different levels of jurisdictional status and autonomy; and (b) used that jurisdictional resource, where available, to chart their own development trajectory, in ways that may be similar, complementary, different and outright in opposition to mainland ambitions and plans. In such liaisons, remote islands are more likely to avoid the clutches, overtures and demands of (more distant) powers-and thus depart from mainland agendas-than near islands.

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Section: Distance Size and Jurisdictionmentioning

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How far can one go? How distance matters in island development

Baldacchino¹

2020

ISJ

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Beyond the boundaries in the island of Ireland

Royle

2012

Journal of Marine and Island Cultures

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Science and islands in Indo-Pacific worlds

Kroupa¹,

Mawson²,

Brixius³

2018

Br J Hist Sci

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This Introduction offers a conceptualization of the Indo-Pacific, its islands and their place within the history of science. We argue that Indo-Pacific islands present a remarkable combination of social, political and spatial circumstances, which speak to themes that are central to the history of science. Having driven movements of people and represented staging grounds for explorations, expansions and cross-cultural exchanges, these spaces have been at the forefront of historical change. The historiographies of the two oceans have traditionally emphasized indigenous agency while downplaying European historical trajectories, and therefore they provide historians of science with materials and methodologies that promise nuanced portrayals of knowledge production in cross-cultural settings. Rather than unifying the oceans into a cohesive narrative, we seek to uncover the many horizons of Indo-Pacific worlds and pluralize the spaces within which knowledge travelled at specific times, but not at others. Offering a middle plane between the globe and the region, islands are particularly productive sites for such analyses, as they bring to attention both localized kinds of agency and the impacts of colonialism and globalization. This special issue investigates what happens to knowledge within island spaces and demonstrates that even as small strips of land, islands can significantly enhance our understanding of the practices of knowledge making within the broader contours of world history. In bringing to the fore the contributions of actors from across the wider social spectrum and, especially, the interacting roles of indigenous agents and their traditions, Indo-Pacific worlds thus offer exciting new directions for a field which has often been dominated by a focus on European institutions.

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The Political Economy of Divided Islands

Cited by 7 publications

References 56 publications

How far can one go? How distance matters in island development

How far can one go? How distance matters in island development

Beyond the boundaries in the island of Ireland

Science and islands in Indo-Pacific worlds

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