A Guide To the Contemporary Commonwealth

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 8
Country Codes......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Part I Historical Perspectives......Page 16
1 Origins and Meanings......Page 18
2 Dominion Status and the 1926 Declaration......Page 22
3 Republic Status and the 1949 Declaration......Page 28
4 The Secretariat and the 1971 Declaration......Page 32
Part II Shadows of Decolonisation......Page 40
5 Rhodesia\'s UDI and the Crisis of the 1960s......Page 42
6 Apartheid and the Crisis of the 1980s......Page 49
Part III Symbolic Commonwealth......Page 56
7 The Head of the Commonwealth......Page 58
8 The Logo, the Venue and the Argot......Page 69
Part IV Political Commonwealth......Page 78
9 Membership......Page 80
10 At the Summit – Chogms......Page 89
11 Ethos, Values and the 1991 Declaration......Page 97
12 Below the Summit......Page 104
13 Rediscovery and the Generation Gap......Page 112
14 Globalisation, Small States and Regionalism......Page 123
Part V Official Commonwealth – IGOs......Page 138
15 The Secretariat and the CFTC......Page 140
16 The Commonwealth Foundation......Page 150
17 The Commonwealth of Learning......Page 159
18 Outgrowing the Commonwealth – The Case of Cabi......Page 166
Part VI People\'s Commonwealth – VIPPSOs......Page 172
19 Professional Associations......Page 174
20 Philanthropic Organisations......Page 187
21 Educational and Cultural Endeavours......Page 196
22 Sport and the Commonwealth Games......Page 212
23 Public – Private Partnerships and a Commonwealth Business Culture......Page 222
Conclusion: The Commonwealth and the New Century......Page 232
How to Keep up with the Commonwealth......Page 242
Notes......Page 246
B......Page 261
C......Page 262
E......Page 267
G......Page 268
I......Page 269
L......Page 270
N......Page 271
P......Page 272
R......Page 273
S......Page 274
U......Page 275
Z......Page 276