00729nam a2200097Ia 450000500170000010000220001724500810003926000090012052004840012958300180061320260716043859.0  aBertram, Geoffrey  aOn the convergence of small island economies with their metropolitan patrons  c2004  aSuggests that the per capita GDP of small island economies, and its growth through time, are explained to a large extent by two variables: the closeness of the political linkages tying each island to a coresponding metropolitan patron in the core of the world system and the level of per capita GDP  in the metropolitan paton economy.  Opines that in the small-island setting, there has been no tradeoff between political dependence and material welfare, the two go hand in hand.  c4/22/08kJOYD