From Island Studies Journal, an introduction to the journal, Pete Hay (Tasmania): A Phenomenology of Islands; Dag Anckar (Abo): Islandness or Smallness? A Comparative Look at Political Institutions in Small Island States, and Archipelagos and Political Engineering: The Impact of Non-Contiguity on Devolution in Small States; Sue Farran (Dundee): The Coastal Zone of Islands: Comparative Reflections from the North and South; Gillian Cambers (UPR): Islanders’ Perspectives on Sustainable Living; Ilan Kelman (NCAR): Sustainable Livelihoods from Natural Heritage on Islands; Scott M. Fitzpatrick (NCSU): Archaeology’s Contribution to Island Studies; Barbara Groome Wynne (Alberta): Social Capital and Social Economy in Sub-National Island Jurisdictions; Te’o I. J. Fairbairn (UNSW): Economic Vulnerability and Resilience of Small Island States; Roger Marjavaara (Umea): Route to Destruction? Second Home Tourism in Small Island Communities; Arie Boomert and Alistair J. Bright (Leiden): Island Archaeology: In Search of a New Horizon (and a response); From Odysseus to Robinson Crusoe: A survey of early Western island literature; and a review of Empire Islands: Castaways, Cannibals and Fantasies of Conquest by Rebecca Weaver-Hightower; a review of The Ice Museum: To Shetland, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Estonia, Greenland and Svalbard in search of the Lost Land of Thule by Joanna Kavenna; a review of Islands in History and Representation.
