The Non-Independent Territories of the Caribbean and Pacific: Continuity or Change?
Peter Clegg (Editor), David Killingray (Editor)
Published in association with: Institute of Commonwealth Studies
By the end of the 20th century the once great modern European empires had gone – well, almost! Today, scattered around the world, there are small territories, remnants of empire that for one reason and another have eschewed independence and retain links of various kinds with the former imperial power. This edited collection focuses primarily on those territories in the Caribbean and Pacific which retain these ties. The issues affecting them such as constitutional reform, the maintenance of good governance, economic development, and the risks of economic vulnerability are important concerns for all territories both independent and non-independent. However, the ways in which these issues are addressed are somewhat different in small sub-national jurisdictions because of the particular regimes in place and the tensions inherent between the territories and their respective metropoles. The book brings together academics, policy-makers, constitutional lawyers, and civil servants to provide an insight into the complexities, contradictions, challenges and opportunities that help to define the non-independent territories of the Caribbean and Pacific, and their long-standing but sometimes awkward ties with their metropolitan powers.
Contents
Map of the Caribbean
Map of the Pacific
Introduction
1 British decolonisation and the smaller territories: the origins of the UK Overseas Territories
David Killingray
2 The UK Overseas Territories: a decade of progress and prosperity?
Peter Clegg and Peter Gold
3 The UK Coalition Government’s policy towards the UK Overseas Territories
Ian Bailey
4 Recent constitutional developments in the UK Overseas Territories
Ian Hendry
5 Reformation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands: what are the stakes?
Lammert de Jong and Ron van der Veer
6 The French Overseas Territories in transition
Nathalie Mrgudovic
7 The European Union and its Overseas Countries and Territories: the search for a new relationship
Paul Sutton
8 Looking for Plan B: what next for island hosts of offshore finance?
Mark P. Hampton and John Christensen
9 Contingent liability or moral hazard after the global financial crisis: Cayman, Westminster and global finance
William Vlcek
10 Self-governance deficits in Caribbean non-independent countries
Carlyle Corbin
Afterword
Index
Paperback: 9780956954602 / 226 pages / mm x mm
Peter Clegg (Editor)
David Killingray (Editor)
Subject: Commonwealth Studies
BISAC codes:
Thema codes: NHTR
Keywords: Caribbean Studies, EU Overseas Countries, International Relations, Non-independent countries, UK Overseas Territories, decolonisation
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