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Development on the periphery: A case study of the sub‐national island jurisdiction of P itcairn I sland
Author(s) -
Amoamo Maria
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
asia pacific viewpoint
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.571
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8373
pISSN - 1360-7456
DOI - 10.1111/apv.12006
Subject(s) - sovereignty , jurisdiction , tourism , autonomy , empowerment , politics , sustainable development , political science , sociology , geography , law
Abstract This research reports on empirical findings of remote P itcairn I sland, the last remaining B ritish O verseas T erritory in the P acific. It uses a qualitative methodology to discuss the island's potential for tourism development while recognising the issues and challenges faced by many small island developing states. However, as a sub‐national island jurisdiction P itcairn presents a number of issues unique to its temporal socio‐political development and its centre periphery relationship with the metropole. The concept ‘decolonising without disengaging’ is posited to argue sub‐national island jurisdictions are places/spaces of innovative, creative and differentiated development processes that offer interesting departures from the conventional realms of sustainable discourse and island development. This concept is posited as a strategy of empowerment whereby autonomy without sovereignty does not necessarily hinder the development of tourism industries.