From strategic gain to fortress colony to 'The right to our land' -- Changing landscapes : sovereignty status and governance by 1986 and their convergence onto the european stage -- Sovereignty, state and statelass nation -- 'The sensitivity of the underlying bilateral issue' : bilateralism and the governance deficity 1986-2004 -- Sub-state power, representation and influence and the zenith of bilateralism -- Negotiating a way through the mist : old concepts, new meanings -- Making advances : power, influence and representation within the european dimension and the status dilemma
Summary
Gibraltar is an Overseas Territory of the UK within the EU, which has for three centuries been at the centre of a dispute between Britain and Spain, a dispute based on traditional perceptions of sovereignty. Hitherto the dispute has been managed in a pred
