Jack Corbett is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Being Political: Leadership and Democracy in the Pacific Islands (Hawaii, 2015); and Australia's Foreign Aid Dilemma: Humanitarian Aspirations Confront Democratic Legitimacy (Routledge, 2017) as well as numerous articles and book chapters. Wouter Veenendaal is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Leiden University. He is the author of Politics and Democracy in Microstates (Routledge, 2014) as well as numerous articles and book chapters. He is currently working on a NWO Veni-grant project titled 'When things get personal: Explaining political stability in small states'.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the politics of small states, and a welcome corrective to what Corbett and Veenendaal call the "unstated gigantism" of mainstream democracy studies. Their call for greater attention to the world's smallest states should be well-received.

• 1: The Small State Challenge 2: Economic Development and Democratisation in Small States 3: Democratization and Cultural Diversity 4: Democratization and Institutional Design 5: Democratization and Political Parties 6: Democratization and Geography 7: Democratization and Small Size 8: How Democracy in Small States Can Persist Against All Odds

Jack Corbett is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Being Political: Leadership and Democracy in the Pacific Islands (Hawaii, 2015); and Australia's Foreign Aid Dilemma: Humanitarian Aspirations Confront Democratic Legitimacy (Routledge, 2017) as well as numerous articles and book chapters. Wouter Veenendaal is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Leiden University. He is the author of Politics and Democracy in Microstates (Routledge, 2014) as well as numerous articles and book chapters. He is currently working on a NWO Veni-grant project titled 'When things get personal: Explaining political stability in small states'.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the politics of small states, and a welcome corrective to what Corbett and Veenendaal call the "unstated gigantism" of mainstream democracy studies. Their call for greater attention to the world's smallest states should be well-received.

• 1: The Small State Challenge 2: Economic Development and Democratisation in Small States 3: Democratization and Cultural Diversity 4: Democratization and Institutional Design 5: Democratization and Political Parties 6: Democratization and Geography 7: Democratization and Small Size 8: How Democracy in Small States Can Persist Against All Odds

Jack Corbett is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Being Political: Leadership and Democracy in the Pacific Islands (Hawaii, 2015); and Australia's Foreign Aid Dilemma: Humanitarian Aspirations Confront Democratic Legitimacy (Routledge, 2017) as well as numerous articles and book chapters. Wouter Veenendaal is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Leiden University. He is the author of Politics and Democracy in Microstates (Routledge, 2014) as well as numerous articles and book chapters. He is currently working on a NWO Veni-grant project titled 'When things get personal: Explaining political stability in small states'.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the politics of small states, and a welcome corrective to what Corbett and Veenendaal call the "unstated gigantism" of mainstream democracy studies. Their call for greater attention to the world's smallest states should be well-received.

• 1: The Small State Challenge 2: Economic Development and Democratisation in Small States 3: Democratization and Cultural Diversity 4: Democratization and Institutional Design 5: Democratization and Political Parties 6: Democratization and Geography 7: Democratization and Small Size 8: How Democracy in Small States Can Persist Against All Odds