《建立欧洲强小国的人们》由金成进编著。《建立欧洲强小国的人们》讲述了强国路上，我们不能忽视的小国崛起！摩纳哥、安道尔、卢森堡、比利时、荷兰、瑞典、丹麦、挪威……曾几何时，这些欧洲小国都饱受战乱之苦，或被嗤之以鼻，或被强权玩弄于鼓掌之中。而今，小国崛起，它们是时代发展的弄潮儿，展现了惊人的发展速度。他们拥有令人艳羡的财富，享受超一流的福利生活，开创了新一轮的文艺复兴……在这弱肉强食的世界里，他们究竟是如何在危机中发现了成功的转机，创造出了这惊人的奇迹？而作为亚洲大国的我们，又该以何种态度审视强小国的崛起？！

This unique book examines the history, culture, and inner workings of the seven smallest independent countries in Europe. These are among the oldest states on the continent and, despite their diversity, they have much in common. Most have relatively high per capita incomes and life expectancies, and relatively low unemployment. This narrative presents the unique issues that confront small countries, including maintaining their independence, economic viability, preserving their native languages, and sustaining their governments. The second part of the book describes each microstate in turn, showing how each one has met these challenges and adapted over time. These concise and engaging chapters contain cultural information on subjects including the arts, gastronomy, and popular tourist sites.

The seven microstates of Europe, i.e. Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Malta, San Marino, Sovereign Order of St. John, and Vatican City are remarkable not only for their size, but their persistence. Most have been around for centuries, while much larger empires have come and gone. Despite the great events of the last two millennia, these countries have come into existence and have managed to steer a course away from incorporation within their larger neighbors. Why is this? Rather than being an exercise in triviality, the study in The Microstates of Europe: Designer Nations in a Post-Modern World of the histories of these tiny states may provide insight into tenaciousness of national aspirations and ethnic solidarity that are everywhere evident. Modernist studies tend to view the microstates as illogical anomalies destined to disappear under the crush of social progress. However, these states are anything but marginal-in fact, they are among the richest states in the world. This book examines the phenomenon from structural history and anthropological perspectives. It is not a grand history of petite places-rather, it is an "ethnographic anthology" of a few places in Europe that should not logically exist. The Microstates of Europe is a post-modern critique of the trends of globalism, and it examines the counter-trend of increasing nationalism, particularism, and cultural relativism. Rather than being eclectic exceptions, the microstates may demonstrate the survival of extremely long enduring mechanisms of collective boundary maintenance that are most likely present in many communities throughout the world.