This article offers an overview of the field of mobilities research, tracing the theoretical
antecedents to the study of mobilities both within the classical sociological tradition and at its …

This assessment of past and future directions in mobility research calls for a Foucauldian
approach to better understand the apparatus of uneven mobility illustrated via three …

Small states are crucial actors in world politics. They attract outsized attention from great
powers, populate international organizations, and shape international norms. Despite that …

Comparative analyses have found that non-self-governing islands tend to have much better
development indicators than sovereign islands. Perhaps unsurprisingly, since 1983 no non …

Populism and the personalization of politics appears to be threatening the existence of
democracy as we know it all over the world. It is now more important than ever to understand …

Island studies has developed into an established, interdisciplinary research field. It is
important that island studies not only continue deepening its internal theoretical …

Although the field of island studies has from the start regarded itself as a defender of islands
and islander interests, it is entangled in coloniality. This editorial focuses on issues of power …

This second of two progress reports on the subdiscipline of political geography explores
islands and archipelagos as material sites and political concepts with which to understand …

Italy's current crisis of Mediterranean migration and detention has its roots in early twentieth
century imperial ambitions. Empire's Mobius Strip investigates how mobile populations were …

This paper examines the political economy of tourism development in islands and uses Gili
Trawangan, Indonesia as a case study. A longitudinal study drawing from fieldwork …