1st Edition
Handbook of Civil Society and Social Movements in Small States
INTRODUCTION: CIVIL SOCIETY AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN SMALL STATES
PART 1: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
01. CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE PURSUIT OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN THE SMALL-ISLAND JURISDICTION OF TOBAGO
02. ENGAGEMENT OF CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES IN CABO VERDE
03. NETWORK GOVERNANCE AND THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS IN BELIZE
04. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEST IN MALTA DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
05. THE POLITICS OF LAND, SPACE, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, AND IDENTITY IN JAMAICA’S COCKPIT COUNTRY
06. DEEP SEA MINING IN PACIFIC SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES – THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
07. A POST ERUPTION ANALYSIS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE AND CHALLENGES OF COMMUNITY-BASED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IN SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
PART 2: SOCIAL ISSUES
08. CIVIL SOCIETY, THE STATE AND THE LGBTQIA+ MOVEMENT: THE CASE OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND MAURITIUS
09. WEAVING “CULTURE” AND POLITICAL ADVOCACY IN A SMALL ISLAND NATION: SAMOA FA’AFAFINE ASSOCIATION AND NON-HETERONORMATIVE SAMOANS
10. THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS IN RESPONDING TO GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN SEYCHELLES
11. THE CARIBBEAN SUB-REGION REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS RESPONSE PLAN: EMERGING PATTERNS AND LESSONS FOR SMALL-STATE CIVIL SOCIETY IN GLOBAL MIGRATION GOVERNANCE
12. SHRINKING SPACES FOR MIGRANT SUPPORT CSOS IN MALTA, CYPRUS AND SLOVENIA: FROM THE REFUGEE CRISIS TO THE PANDEMIC
13. THE ROLE OF CHURCHES IN REGIONAL COOPERATION AND GOVERNANCE IN THE CARIBBEAN
14. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AS A CATALYST FOR SOCIAL ACTIVISM AND ‘BOTTOM-UP’ REGIONALISM IN THE PACIF
15. THE DILEMMAS OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN A RAPIDLY GROWING ECONOMY – BOTSWANA
PART 3: POLITICAL ISSUES
16. ESTONIAN PROTEST WAVES: GROUPS INVOLVED AND MOTIVATING ISSUES
17. THE STRENGTH OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN SLOVENIA AFTER THREE DECADES OF POST-COMMUNIST EXPERIENCE
18. THE ROLE OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE PROCESS OF ACCESSION OF MONTENEGRO TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
19. THE DEMOCRATIC POTENTIAL OF POLITICALLY AND SOCIALLY-ORIENTED CSOS: THE CASE OF NORTH MACEDONIA
20. HOW CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS BROUGHT CHANGE TO THE MALTESE GOVERNMENT: 2019-2020
21. EXPLOSION OF ANGER ON THE STREETS OF MAURITIUS: THE OVERHAULING OF A POLITICAL SYSTEM?
22. SIGNIFICANT REGIONAL SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN OCEANIA
23. NOSTALGIA FOR THE FUTURE: STUDENT ACTIVISM IN THE CARIBBEAN LEFT
24. UNFROZEN CONFLICTS: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN CYPRUS
Biography
Lino Briguglio is a Professor of Economics and a member of the Board of the Islands and Small States at the University of Malta. He has authored several publications on small states.
Michael Briguglio is a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology of the University of Malta. He has published various scholarly works on environmental sociology, social movements and politics.
Sheila Bunwaree is a scholar-activist with two decades of teaching and research experience. She has published extensively in the field of gender, governance and development.
Claire Slatter is a retired academic and an active scholar-activist. She taught politics at the University of the South Pacific, and ethics at Fiji National University. She is a founding member of the global South feminist network of scholar-activists, Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN).
