Democracy in Small States
Persisting Against All Odds
Jack Corbett and Wouter Veenendaal
Reviews and Awards
"The book provides a thorough analysis of a neglected field in political science [it] is theoretically rich. The authors provide a comprehensive overview of the established literature and use it to examine their cases I would also argue that the book is radical. It offers a powerful challenge to the existing precepts of democratisation theory." - Prof. Baldur Thorhallsson, University of Iceland
"I am very pleased to see this book in print, and for multiple reasons. It is a comprehensive assessment of democratisation practices in small states, reviewing no less than 39 countries with a cut off population of one million residents ... the writing style is reader-friendly and attractive: academic and solid without being either arcane or jingoistic ... This book is inspiring, and although self-admitted 'outsiders' to the realm of small state politics, the two authors are to be thanked wholeheartedly for doing a great service to scholars of small states by exposing still more of the goings on of small jurisdictions through their research endeavour." - Prof. Godfrey Baldaccinho, University of Malta
"This book represents a major contribution to knowledge, as it is the first global analysis of politics and democracy in small states. Moreover, it brings together a wide variety of data that is beautifully related and integrated into an original and coherent work. The book is thus of interest not only to scholars and students of democratisation and small state politics, but also to a larger audience interested in the dynamics of politics in small states in more practical terms" - Dr Edalina Rodrigues Sanches, Univeristy of Lisbon
"The book makes an important contribution to the study of democratisation, encouraging a new perspective on processes that lead to democracy and its persistence." - Commonwealth & Comparative Politics
