A Guide to the Contemporary Commonwealth

by McIntyre, W. David

• ISBN13: 9780333963098
• ISBN10: 0333963091
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2001-10-12
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This lucid guide meets the need for an up-to-date assessment of the contemporary Commonwealth. It has a succinct section on its historical background and gives attention to symbols and to the "People's Commonwealth" of voluntary organizations, sports, and business. It highlights critical questions of balance that have emerged between the relative roles of governments and official agencies, voluntary associations, and private business.

Author Biography

W. David McIntyre is Emeritus Professor of History, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vii
Country Codes	viii
Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(6)
Part I Historical Perspectives
Origins and Meanings	7	(4)
Dominion Status and the 1926 Declaration	11	(6)
Republic Status and the 1949 Declaration	17	(4)
The Secretariat and the 1971 Declaration	21	(10)
Part II Shadows of Decolonisation
Rhodesia's UDI and the Crisis of the 1960s	31	(7)
Apartheid and the Crisis of the 1980s	38	(9)
Part III Symbolic Commonwealth
The Head of the Commonwealth	47	(11)
The Logo, the Venue and the Argot	58	(11)
Part IV Political Commonwealth
Membership	69	(9)
At the Summit - Chogms	78	(8)
Ethos, Values and the 1991 Declaration	86	(7)
Below the Summit	93	(8)
Rediscovery and the Generation Gap	101	(11)
Globalisation, Small States and Regionalism	112	(17)
Part V Official Commonwealth - IGOs
The Secretariat and the CFTC	129	(10)
The Commonwealth Foundation	139	(9)
The Commonwealth of Learning	148	(7)
Outgrowing the Commonwealth - The Case of Cabi	155	(8)
Part VI People's Commonwealth - VIPPSOs
Professional Associations	163	(13)
Philanthropic Organisations	176	(9)
Educational and Cultural Endeavours	185	(16)
Sport and the Commonwealth Games	201	(10)
Public-Private Partnerships and a Commonwealth Business Culture	211	(10)
Conclusion: The Commonwealth and the New Century	221	(10)
How to Keep up with the Commonwealth	231	(4)
Notes	235	(15)
Index	250