W. DAVID MCINTYRE OBE is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Author of twelve books on Commonwealth and New Zealand history which include Colonies into Commonwealth, (1966), and British Decolonization, (1998), he was also Correspondent for the New Zealand International Review.

• 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

W. DAVID MCINTYRE OBE is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Author of twelve books on Commonwealth and New Zealand history which include Colonies into Commonwealth, (1966), and British Decolonization, (1998), he was also Correspondent for the New Zealand International Review.

• 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

W. DAVID MCINTYRE OBE is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Author of twelve books on Commonwealth and New Zealand history which include Colonies into Commonwealth, (1966), and British Decolonization, (1998), he was also Correspondent for the New Zealand International Review.

• 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