The Contemporary Commonwealth: An Assessment 1965-2009

ISBN-13: 9780415482776 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 230 str.

James Mayall

Opis

This collection of essays is intended as a companion volume to the one being edited by Peter Lyon and Alex May The Commonwealth and International Affairs to mark the centenary of The Round Table. It provides an analysis of the modern Commonwealth, in the main since the establishment of the Secretariat in 1966.

The book provides an overview of the contemporary Commonwealth and place the organization in its historical context while assessing its achievements, failures and prospects. The volume is divided into two parts:

• Part I will then concentrate on a series of themes, dealing with the structure and functioning of the Commonwealth and with its major activities, including the secretary general, the work of secretariat, human rights and the world economy.
• Part II adopts a regional perspective, with the purpose of identifying, on the one hand, the impact of the Commonwealth on regional relations generally and particular problems that affect these relations, and on the other, the extent to which regional loyalties and interests have supplanted the Commonwealth, or at least reduced its importance, in the foreign policy of its member states.

It will be of interest to students and scholars of international politics and international organisations.

Recenzje

'The 60th anniversary celebrations of the modern Commonwealth offer as good an occasion as any for a stock-taking of this unique institution's strengths and weaknesses, achievements and failures. This volume takes a good stab at that task and comes up with some interesting insights [...] Of particular interest to readers of this journal will be an illuminating chapter on the Commonwealth and Law by Peter Slinn.' - The Commonwealth Lawyer: Journal of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association, Vol 19, No 1. April 2010

Spis treści

Part 1  1. Introduction: The Modern Commonwealth: an overview James Mayall  2. The Commonwealth and the Law Peter Slinn  3.From Smith to Sharma: The Role of the Secretary General Stuart Mole  4.Principles and Practice: Human Rights, The Harare Declaration and the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) Krishnan Srinivasan  5. The Commonwealth as a Champion of Small States Ronald Sanders  6. Managing Globalization: The Commonwealth in the International Economy Nicholas Bayne  7. The Commonwealth and Civil Society Richard Bourne  Part 2  8. The Commonwealth and the European Union Paul Taylor  9. Canada & North America Jennifer Welsh 10. Commonwealth Oceana W. David McIntyre  11. Asia Syed Sarfuddin 12. Africa Sola Akinrinade

O autorze

James Mayall is the Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations and Director of the Centre of International Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2001.