Edited by Harald Baldersheim, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway and Michael Keating, Professor, University of Aberdeen, UK

‘This excellent collection updates and adds to a growing literature on small states. The cases and conditions which the authors examine are well chosen and provide fresh thinking on enduring questions.’

• Contents:Outline of the IssuesMichael Keating PART I INTRODUCTION1. The Political Economy of Small States in EuropeMichael KeatingPART II THE MODERN WORLD - A LESS DANGEROUS PLACE FOR SMALL STATES?2. Small States and Security: Does Size Still Matter?Alyson J.K. Bailes3. Do Small States Need Shelter? The Economic and Political Turmoil in IcelandBaldur ThorhallssonPART III THE SMALL STATE IN MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE – NEW OPPORTUNITIES?4. Small States in EU Decision-making. How Can They be Effective?Diana Panke5. Small if Needed, Big if Necessary: Small Member States and the EU’s Diplomatic System in KievJozef Batóra6. Political Mechanics of Smallness: the Baltic States as Small States in the European ParliamentAllan Sikk and Licia Cianetti PART IV THE MODERN SMALL STATE – THE SOCIAL INVESTMENT STATE? ON ‘GETTING TO DENMARK’7. Small-state Scandinavia: Social Investment or Social Democracy?Nik Brandal and Øivind Bratberg 8. Small Nation Versus Small States: The Case of QuébecStéphane Paquin9. Scotland as a Potential Small StateMalcolm HarveyPART V THE ADAPTABILITY OF SMALL STATES – SHOCK THERAPY OR CONCERTED ELITES?10. The State that Reinvented itself: New Zealand’s Transition to the Market Competition StateJeffery McNeill11. Small States and National Elites in a Neoliberal EraAnton Steen12. Small State, Huge Assets. The Problem of Fiscal Discipline in an Oil-rich Country. The Case of NorwayHarald Baldersheim13. Conclusions Harald BaldersheimIndex

Edited by Harald Baldersheim, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway and Michael Keating, Professor, University of Aberdeen, UK

‘This excellent collection updates and adds to a growing literature on small states. The cases and conditions which the authors examine are well chosen and provide fresh thinking on enduring questions.’

• Contents:Outline of the IssuesMichael Keating PART I INTRODUCTION1. The Political Economy of Small States in EuropeMichael KeatingPART II THE MODERN WORLD - A LESS DANGEROUS PLACE FOR SMALL STATES?2. Small States and Security: Does Size Still Matter?Alyson J.K. Bailes3. Do Small States Need Shelter? The Economic and Political Turmoil in IcelandBaldur ThorhallssonPART III THE SMALL STATE IN MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE – NEW OPPORTUNITIES?4. Small States in EU Decision-making. How Can They be Effective?Diana Panke5. Small if Needed, Big if Necessary: Small Member States and the EU’s Diplomatic System in KievJozef Batóra6. Political Mechanics of Smallness: the Baltic States as Small States in the European ParliamentAllan Sikk and Licia Cianetti PART IV THE MODERN SMALL STATE – THE SOCIAL INVESTMENT STATE? ON ‘GETTING TO DENMARK’7. Small-state Scandinavia: Social Investment or Social Democracy?Nik Brandal and Øivind Bratberg 8. Small Nation Versus Small States: The Case of QuébecStéphane Paquin9. Scotland as a Potential Small StateMalcolm HarveyPART V THE ADAPTABILITY OF SMALL STATES – SHOCK THERAPY OR CONCERTED ELITES?10. The State that Reinvented itself: New Zealand’s Transition to the Market Competition StateJeffery McNeill11. Small States and National Elites in a Neoliberal EraAnton Steen12. Small State, Huge Assets. The Problem of Fiscal Discipline in an Oil-rich Country. The Case of NorwayHarald Baldersheim13. Conclusions Harald BaldersheimIndex

Edited by Harald Baldersheim, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway and Michael Keating, Professor, University of Aberdeen, UK

‘This excellent collection updates and adds to a growing literature on small states. The cases and conditions which the authors examine are well chosen and provide fresh thinking on enduring questions.’

• Contents:Outline of the IssuesMichael Keating PART I INTRODUCTION1. The Political Economy of Small States in EuropeMichael KeatingPART II THE MODERN WORLD - A LESS DANGEROUS PLACE FOR SMALL STATES?2. Small States and Security: Does Size Still Matter?Alyson J.K. Bailes3. Do Small States Need Shelter? The Economic and Political Turmoil in IcelandBaldur ThorhallssonPART III THE SMALL STATE IN MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE – NEW OPPORTUNITIES?4. Small States in EU Decision-making. How Can They be Effective?Diana Panke5. Small if Needed, Big if Necessary: Small Member States and the EU’s Diplomatic System in KievJozef Batóra6. Political Mechanics of Smallness: the Baltic States as Small States in the European ParliamentAllan Sikk and Licia Cianetti PART IV THE MODERN SMALL STATE – THE SOCIAL INVESTMENT STATE? ON ‘GETTING TO DENMARK’7. Small-state Scandinavia: Social Investment or Social Democracy?Nik Brandal and Øivind Bratberg 8. Small Nation Versus Small States: The Case of QuébecStéphane Paquin9. Scotland as a Potential Small StateMalcolm HarveyPART V THE ADAPTABILITY OF SMALL STATES – SHOCK THERAPY OR CONCERTED ELITES?10. The State that Reinvented itself: New Zealand’s Transition to the Market Competition StateJeffery McNeill11. Small States and National Elites in a Neoliberal EraAnton Steen12. Small State, Huge Assets. The Problem of Fiscal Discipline in an Oil-rich Country. The Case of NorwayHarald Baldersheim13. Conclusions Harald BaldersheimIndex