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Coherent Unity or Fracture and Flow? The Problematic Island Polity

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The Political Economy of Divided Islands

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It is exceptional when an island gets rent apart to create two separate polities. Yet it does occur. At the time of writing, plans to hold a long-awaited referendum on Scotland’s secession from the United Kingdom in 2014 have just been announced. The change that could result from the outcome of such a referendum poses a major disruption to the island — in this case, Britain — as a basic unit of analysis.

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Williams, S. (2013). Coherent Unity or Fracture and Flow? The Problematic Island Polity. In: Baldacchino, G. (eds) The Political Economy of Divided Islands. International Political Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137023131_2

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