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The authors investigate the exceptional political economy of the ten inhabited islands whose territory is divided amongst two or more countries: that are unitary geographical spaces but fragmented polities.

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1. Introduction: Only Ten: Islands as Uncomfortable Fragmented Polities; Godfrey Baldacchino 2. Islands as Paradoxical Spaces; Stewart Williams 3. New Guinea; Ron May, Evangelia Papoutsaki & Patrick Matbob 4. Borneo (and Sebatik); Taufiq Tanasaldy 5. Timor; Anthony Soares 6. Cyprus; Ahmet Sözen 7. Ireland; Stephen A. Royle 8. Usedom / Uznam; Maciej J?drusik 9. Hispaniola; Marie Redon 10. Sint Maarten / St Martin; Steven Hillebrink 11. Tierra del Fuego; Peter van Aert 12. Bolshoi Ussuriiski / Heixiazi; Akihiro Iwashita 13. Britain: the Fractured Island; Ray Burnett

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"This is a very welcome book that contributes to extremely important and ongoing discussions. It will appeal to a broad readership including specialists in the fields of conflict studies, divided and contested states, border researchers, and island experts as well as curious neophytes. ... highly enjoyable source of information about divided islands and a vital first step towards a fuller understanding of the place of islands within wider (and more conventional) political geographies." (Giulia Carabelli, Urban Island Studies, Vol. 1, January, 2016)

´The contributions to this volume provide a valuable supplement to any university reading list involving questions of sovreignty, identity, regional politcal economy adn postcolonial politics.´ The Round Table

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Godfrey Baldacchino, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada Ray Burnett, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Scotland Steven Hillebrink, Directorate for Constitutional Affairs and Legislation of the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in The Hague, The Netherlands Akihiro Iwashita, Slavic Research Center (SRC), Hokkaido University, Japan Maciej J?drusik, University of Warsaw, Poland Patrick Matbob, Divine Word University in Madang, Papua New Guinea Ronald James May, Australian National University Evangelia Papoutsaki, UNITEC, New Zealand Marie Redon, University of Paris 13-Nord, France Anthony Soares, Queen´s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK Ahmet Sözen, Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus Philip E. Steinberg, Florida State University, USA Taufiq Tanasaldy, University of Tasmania, Australia Peter van Aert, Dutch anthropologist resident in Argentina since 2005 Stewart Williams, University of Tasmania, Australia

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