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While non-sovereignty is often presented as a rational and pragmatic political status option, this paper asserts that the smallness of overseas territories in various ways obstructs and distorts the formation of an informed local public debate about this political status. Due to personalistic politics, patron-client relations, excessive executive dominance, and the lack of professional media, which all are consequences of a small population size, the extent to which citizens of overseas territories are involved and represented in status debates is limited. The paper uses the 2010 political reforms of the Dutch Caribbean islands as an illustrative case study, to show how the smallness of these islands has obstructed a balanced consideration of status options among the population.
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117515
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2012.
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On 28 June 2012 the long-awaited White Paper on the Overseas Territories subtitled Security, Success and Sustainability was published by the UK government. The White Paper sets out the nature of the existing links between the UK and its 14 Overseas Territories and the measures required to 'renew and strengthen' the relationship. The Coalition government felt-perhaps correctly-that towards the end of the Labour Party's time in power relations with at least some of the Territories were becoming increasingly fractious, and several political and economic problems in the Territories required stronger corrective action. Thus, the White Paper attempts a balance between promoting a more positive overall agenda while making clear the responsibilities and high standards of governance the Territories must maintain.
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