The big smallness of Tuvalu
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12988977 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Goldsmith (0000-0001-9333-6731, Pacific Environment, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 134-151 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1973-3739 • E-ISSN: 2053-7352 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3197/ge.2015.080107 |
| OpenAlex | W2314909640 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
This paper considers the question of how it is that the independent Polynesian microstate of Tuvalu has managed to place itself at the centre of worldwide discussion about global climate change and possible sea level rise. It argues that much of the publicity Tuvalu has accrued derives from its leaders’ long established statecraft in which assertions of agency and claims to vulnerability can be deployed in complementary ways to further Tuvalu’s interests. The management of such statecraft reveals the ways in which ‘smallness’ can underpin and galvanise global messages
Agency (philosophy · Computer security · Political economy · Political science · Publicity · Social science · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Computer Science · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law
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The chronopolitics of climate change adaptation
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Geopolitics and humiliation
Filming sea-level rise
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |