Small State Studies
About the Book Series
Half the world's sovereign states have populations of less than 5.3 million, and over 30 have populations of less than ONE million. Clearly, there is scope to consider the impact that small size and scale (of population, civil service, expertise, talent pools, ambassadorial ranks, service providers, and so on) could have on the nature of governance, politics, international relations, economic development, climate action, transportation, etc.
This interdisciplinary new series closes the gap in political and social science literature by encouraging studies on the challenges facing small states, their characteristics and their strategies, thus galvanizing scholarship in a previously neglected area. It encourages comparative studies among small states, and between small states and larger states. It addresses the predicament of small size and scale as these impinge on institutional and political dimensions (such as public administration and diplomacy), and critically considers the issues and tensions arising from small but archipelagic and/or federated states.
Series Editors:
Godfrey Baldacchino, University of Malta, Malta - [email protected]
Anna-Lena Högenauer, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg - [email protected]
Nicos Trimikliniotis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus - [email protected]
Roukaya Kasenally, University of Mauritius, Mauritius - [email protected]
Small States in EU Policy-Making: Strategies, Challenges, Opportunities
1st Edition
Edited
By Anna-Lena Högenauer, Matúš Mišík
August 29, 2025
Small States in EU Policy-Making analyses how small states try to impact European Union policy-making through a range of strategies. With the last rounds of enlargement and Brexit, the number and weight of small states in the European Union have steadily increased. At the same time, small states ...
The Constitutional Courts of Small Jurisdictions
1st Edition
Edited
By Danny Pieters
August 29, 2025
The Constitutional Courts of Small Jurisdictions identifies features and challenges common to the constitutional courts of small state jurisdictions in Europe. The constitutional courts of the following small state jurisdictions are explored: Andorra, Cyprus, Estonia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, ...
The Digital Environment and Small States in Europe: Challenges, Threats, and Opportunities
1st Edition
Edited
By Viktorija Car, Marta Zorko
July 25, 2025
The Digital Environment and Small States in Europe delves into how the digital revolution intersects with global security dynamics and reshapes the geopolitical landscape. It sheds light on the geopolitical complexities inherent in the border regions of the European continent and proposes ...
Agency, Security and Governance of Small States: A Global Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas Kolnberger, Harlan Koff
December 18, 2024
Agency, Security and Governance of Small States examines what seems to be a defining paradox of Small-State Studies: the simultaneous coexistence (and possible co-dependence) of vulnerability and opportunity related to small-state size. This book analyses small states within the framework of this ...
The Rotating European Union Council Presidency and Small Member States: Small States, Big Challenge
1st Edition
By Ieva Grumbinaitė
December 18, 2024
The Rotating European Union Council Presidency and Small Member States explores the opportunities and burdens for small states of holding the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union. While the functions and the achievements of the Council presidencies have been widely studied on ...
The Success of Small States in International Relations: Mice that Roar?
1st Edition
Edited
By Godfrey Baldacchino
November 29, 2024
The Success of Small States in International Relations highlights the normality and power of small states in international relations. This book overturns the stereotype that small states, however defined, are weak and are, or ought to be, consigned to the margins of international relations. It ...
Challenges and Prospects for the Chagos Archipelago
1st Edition
Edited
By Laura Jeffery, Chris Monaghan, Mairi O'Gorman
November 21, 2024
Challenges and Prospects for the Chagos Archipelago considers the origins, challenges and future of Chagos, bringing together leading experts and academics specialising in differing aspects of the Chagos dispute. In 1965, as part of negotiations leading to Mauritian independence in ...