The commonwealth brand : global voice, local action / Victoria te Velde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Te Velde, Victoria.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural pluralism.

International cooperation.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines Commonwealth identity through the lens of its membership criteria, its recent enlargement and its constant reincarnation. In so doing it exposes various shortcomings in current thinking about international relations and the Commonwealth. Furthermore, it reveals how a number of turning points in the Commonwealth's history have shaped its membership rules and illustrates how the official Commonwealth still has the potential to expand and develop to best reflect an organisation that represents a third of the world's population.

Contents:

Introduction

International relations theory : a brief overview

The commonwealth brand : membership and identities

Two case studies : Mozambique & Rwanda

Mapping commonwealth peripheries : a classification and analysis of commonwealth pre-accession states.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-61488-X

1-317-03769-3

1-317-03768-5

1-283-31538-6

9786613315380

1-4094-2918-0

9781315614885

OCLC:

759175337