
Sustaining Development in Small Islands
Climate Change, Geopolitical Security, and the Permissive Liberal Order
Cambridge University Press
Published on 30. January 2025
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Paperback/Softback
108 pages
978-1-009-38916-7 (ISBN)
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The viability of small island developing states (SIDS) is threatened by three distinct processes - a backlash against globalisation; rising geopolitical competition between powers; and accelerating climate change - which are pulling at the threads binding the liberal international order together. We suggest that this order has been kinder to SIDS than is often acknowledged because its underpinning norms - sovereign equality, non-interference, and right to development - are inherently permissive and thus provide SIDS with choices rather than imperatives. Their leaders should fight for the continuation and enhancement of that order rather than be seduced by alternatives. We provide a rationale for and examples of policies to achieve this, including reforms to the way ODA is measured, debt restructured, climate finance allocated, and global governance organised. These enhancements represent the most plausible pathway for SIDS in a period of significant global upheaval. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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English
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Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
170 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-009-38916-7 (9781009389167)
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Matthew Louis Bishop | Rachid Bouhia | Sala George Carter
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Climate Change, Geopolitical Security, and the Permissive Liberal Order
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The University of Sheffiled
UNCTAD
Australian National University, Canberra
Monash University, Victoria
ODI
The University of the West Indies
ODI
Content
Preface; Sustaining development in small Islands; Small Island economies; Small Island societies; Small Island environments; Small Island diplomacy; Conclusion: towards a more permissive liberal order; Bibliography.