Small Countries : Structures and Sensibilities /

What is a small country? Is a country small because of the size of its territory or its population? Can smallness be relative, based on the subjective perception of a country's inhabitants or in comparison with one's neighbors? How does smallness, however it is defined, shape a country and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gingrich, Andre, Hannerz, Ulf
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]
Temas:
Group identity > Case studies.
National characteristics > Case studies.
Social change > Case studies.
States, Small > Case studies.
Identité collective > Études de cas.
Caractéristiques nationales > Études de cas.
Petits États > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Group identity
National characteristics
Social change
States, Small
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Exploring Small Countries
  • Part I. Nationhoods: Mirrors and Magnifying Glasses
  • Chapter 1. "100% Pure New Zealand": National Branding and the Paradoxes of Scale
  • Chapter 2. After 22 July 2011: Norwegians Together
  • Chapter 3. The Scandinavian Cluster: Small Countries with Big Egos
  • Part II. Aspiring for Success
  • Chapter 4. Red Dot on the Map: Singapore, Size, and the Problems of Success
  • Chapter 5. "Wi Likkle but Wi Tallawah": Soft Power and Smallness in Jamaica
  • Chapter 6. On Chutzpah Countries and "Shitty Little Countries"
  • Part III. Being and Becoming Small
  • Chapter 7. Portugal and the Dynamics of Smallness
  • Chapter 8. Two Countries in the Alps: Austrian and Swiss Presentations of Self for Internal and Global Consumption
  • Chapter 9. Serbia and the Surplus of History: Being Small, Large, and Small Again
  • Part IV. Struggling with Scales
  • Chapter 10. Blood and Other Precious Resources: Vulnerability and Social Cohesion on the Maldives
  • Chapter 11. Belize: A Country but Not a Nation
  • Chapter 12. A War and After: Sierra Leone Reconnects, Within Itself and with the World
  • Part V. Grandeur, Irony, and Small Worlds
  • Chapter 13. An Emirate Goes Global: Th e Cultural Making of Abu Dhabi
  • Chapter 14. Smiles and Smallness: Jokes in Yemen and Palestine
  • Chapter 15. Greater Than Its Size: Ireland in Literature and Life
  • Chapter 16. Swedish Encounters: End Notes of a Native Son
  • List of Contributors
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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