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Geografisch wie kulturell liegt Island zwischen Europa und Nordamerika - durch seine Naturwunder und raue Schönheit ist es ein Anziehungspunkt für viele. Die Skandinavistin Krüger porträtiert den Inselstaat und seine Bewohner mit viel Kenntnis und Sympathie. Rezension: Eingeführte Reihe (zuletzt u.a. "Albanien", 2019). Die Aktualisierungen der 2. Auflage zum Inselstaat Island nimmt die Jahre seit der ersten Auflage 2011 sowie COVID-19 mit auf. Es gilt weiterhin die Einschätzung von C. Bussjäger, dass die Länderkunde in einem lockeren, unterhaltsamen Stil, nicht immer systematisch, aber mit viel Sympathie und dennoch kritisch verfasst wurde. - Die Vorauflage sollte wegen der Aktualisierungen ersetzt werden. Für Island Liebhaber. Als Reiseführer nur begleitend sinnvoll, hier sollte eher auf eingeführte Reihen wie z.B. Marco Polo: S. Barth: "Island" (2020) zurückgegriffen werden. (2)

Ten percent of the world's population lives on islands, but until now the place and space characteristics of islands in criminological theory have not been deeply considered. This book addresses issues of how, and by whom, crime is defined in island settings, informed by the distinctive social structures of their communities.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- CONTEXT -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- OUTLOOK, RISKS, AND VULNERABILITIES -- POLICY DISCUSSION: PRIORITIES FOR STABILITY -- A. Managing the Fiscal Position -- B. Monetary Policy and Exchange Rate Management -- C. Financial Stability and Governance -- PRIORITIES TO PROMOTE GROWTH -- A. Encouraging New Growth Areas and Structural Reforms -- B. Governance of the Logging and Mining Sectors -- C. Financial Inclusion in Support of Climate Change Adaptation -- D. Other Issues -- STAFF APPRAISAL -- BOX -- 1. Logging Developments -- FIGURES -- 1. The Cross-Country Context -- 2. Macroeconomic Developments and Outlook -- 3. Fiscal Indicators -- 4. Money and Credit Developments -- 5. Financial Access and Inclusion -- 6. Constituency Development Fund (CDF) -- TABLES -- 1. Selected Economic Indicators 2014-23 -- 2a. Summary of Fiscal Accounts (in millions of Solomon Islands Dollars) -- 2b. Summary of Fiscal Accounts (in percent of GDP) -- 3. Balance of Payments, 2014-23 -- 4. Summary Accounts of the Banking System, 2014-23 -- 5. Indicators of Capacity to Repay the Fund, 2018-27 -- 6. Alternative Policy Action Scenario 2018-21 -- APPENDICES -- I. Authorities' Response to Fund to Policy Advice -- II. SDGs Identified in the 2016-35 National Development Strategy (NDS) -- III. Risk Assessment Matrix -- IV. PPG External Debt Under Alternative Scenarios 2018-28 -- V. Economic Impact of the Loss of CBR -- VI. Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) -- VII. External Sector Assessment -- VIII. Financial Inclusion and Climate Change -- CONTENTS -- FUND RELATIONS -- RELATIONS WITH OTHER IFIS -- STATISTICAL ISSUES.

Current global socio-economic trends call attention to the endangered conditions of relatively confined environments all over the world. Many of these regions face problems of depopulation and lack of adequate infrastructures. The problems are aggravated for the case of islands, which have limited resources and few possibilities of developing different types of supporting infrastructures.Many islands depend on tourism for their economic survival. Most of them however, cannot provide all the resources required to maintain a large seasonal population and in many cases basic requirements such as water and energy, as well as agricultural produce, need to be imported. The impact of large seasonal population increases in the community and the resulting socio-economic factors need to be carefully evaluated, as well as issues related to transportation and communication, all of which should be part of an overall strategy.Of primary importance in many cases is to ensure all year round economic activities in order to achieve a permanent and completely sustainable use of the islands' potential.This book contains papers dealing with projects, initiatives and experiences related to different island issues. By using the experience of economically developed island environments, it is possible to learn how to ensure the development of other island communities, not only to prevent depopulation but to encourage new settlement. Those projects will serve as guidelines for other initiatives in less developed islands, adapting those experiences to specific regional, cultural and socio-economic characteristics

School leadership is situated within a context of social and political factors that work to distribute power while also holding it in check. There are connections between how societal political structures facilitate democratic participation and the operation of schools. Educational leadership straddles the interface between proactive agency and the politics of social control. This tension between holding and using authority, yet acceding to political and social practice, is one which many school leaders face. Research studies conducted in two island nations, Jersey (Channel Islands) and Tonga (Pacific Islands), in different hemispheres of the world, illustrated contrasting forms of educational service and different challenges for school principals. As island communities, the context was clearly definable and provided a set of variables that were manifested through sector processes. The principals held pivotal roles that were molded by the contextual factors which shaped the delivery of educational practice. School principals in Jersey and Tonga illustrated how leadership is complicated if the purposes leadership should serve are unclear or contested (O'Brien, Murphy, and Draper 2003).