A Guide to the Contemporary Commonwealth

List of Tables Preface Introduction PART I: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Origins and Meanings Dominion Status and the 1926 Declaration Republics and the 1949 Declaration The Secretariat and the 1971 Declaration PART II: SHADOWS OF DECOLONISATION UDI and the Crisis of the 1960s Apartheid and the Crisis of the 1980s PART III: SYMBOLIC COMMONWEALTH The Head of the Commonwealth The Logo, the Venue, and the Argot PART IV: POLITICAL COMMONWEALTH Membership At the Summit: Chogms Ethos, Values, and the 1991 Declaration Below the Summit Re-discovery and the Generation Gap Globalization, Small States, and Regionalism PART V: OFFICIAL COMMONWEALTH-IGOs The Secretariat and the CFTC The Commonwealth Foundation The Commonwealth of Learning Outgrowing the Commonwealth: The Case of CABI PART VI: PEOPLE'S COMMONWEALTH-VIPPSOs Professional Associations Philanthropic Organizations Educational and Cultural Endeavours Sports an the Commonwealth Games Private-Public Partnerships and the Commonwealth Business Culture Conclusion How to Keep up with the Commonwealth Endnotes Index