The advantages of political affiliation: Dependent and independent small-island profiles

Round Table

Volumn 95, Issue 386, 2006, Pages 529-539

  McElroy, Jerome L ^a   Pearce, Kara B ^b  

^a SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CB Richard Ellis   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Dependencies; Islands; Offshore finance; Tourism

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; POLITICAL RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOVEREIGNTY; TOURISM;

EID: 33750181796     PISSN: 00358533     EISSN: 1474029X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00358530600931285     Document Type: Article

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