Micro-States

Abstract: (3 pp) This information is summarized from an article by Tom Nairn and defines and discusses the phenomena of "micro-states." Nairn suggests that it is now the factors of scale which include the size of a geographic area, its population, and relative economic , social and cultural weighing. He explains that the model that was used previously as a building block for understanding the nation-state as a concept, was really a "multi- national" mix rather than a physical site or setting that occurred in real geography. A recent survey determined that a "micro-state" was one having a land area of less than a thousand square kilometers and a population of less than 500,000

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Subcatagory: Economic History

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