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Book SynopsisAn examination of the unique governance of islands and their role in contemporary global politics.
Trade Review"This book develops an original thesis: it argues cogently for the existence of sub-national island jurisdictions as a specific set of policies that exploit the current phase of globalisation and their geographies to practise a clever use of jurisdiction." Paul K. Sutton, London Metropolitan University, U.K. "This book provides a striking array of examples to illustrate 'offshoring strategies' deployed more easily by non-sovereign island territories because of their amorphous political status resulting from their relatively small and insular character, as wel "The book is as luxuriant (with ideas) as some of the tropical islands are (with flora) that feature within it [...] this is a rather pathbreaking and encyclopaedic text - one that can be dipped into at any point and that equally rewards reading from cove
