Subject: Exclaves of exclaves<br/>
Date: Sep 04, 2001 @ 20:13<br/>
Author: Grant Hutchison (&quot;Grant Hutchison&quot; &lt;granthutchison@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1518628752"><blockquote><span title="ireply">&gt; technically tho<br/>
&gt; arent such thingies just quirks of political subdivision<br/>
&gt; & isnt an exclave of an exclave still just another exclave of the <br/>
 </span></blockquote>homeland<br/>
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Well, sort of yes, sort of no. People who live on Sark in the Channel <br/>
Islands get some of their administration locally, some from Guernsey <br/>
(of which Sark is a dependency) and their international politics and <br/>
defence from the U.K. (of which Guernsey is a dependency). Whereas <br/>
Guernsey gets its administration locally and its international <br/>
affairs from the U.K. - no intermediate tier of government.<br/>
Similarly, if you wanted to land on one of the Ile Glorieuses, you&#39;d <br/>
seek permission from Reunion, not directly from France.<br/>
So I do feel there&#39;s a difference - a sort of sub-letting of <br/>
administrative responsibility - which doesn&#39;t occur in your example <br/>
of a higher-order enclave, which is still directly responsible to the <br/>
home government. A higher order enclave is only topologically <br/>
different from other enclaves, not administratively.<br/>
<br/>
Grant</div>