The Commonwealth At Work

Content: THE COMMONWEALTH AND INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY , Page i Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Preface , Page vii Acknowledgements , Page viii CHAPTER 1 - So Many Strands: The tie of language—Regional groupings in Africa, the Caribbean and Asia— Political links—Problems of the Heads of Government conferences , Pages 1-19 CHAPTER 2 - Co-operation at the Top: The Commonwealth Secretariat: its functions in theory and practice?Commonwealth and the United Nations: complementing one another , Pages 20-34 CHAPTER 3 - Linking the Professions: The Commonwealth Foundation: The new body that gets at the grass roots , Pages 35-38 CHAPTER 4 - Links in Education: The new universities—Co-operation among universities — Education conferences — Scholarship and Fellowship Scheme — V.S.O. and its counterparts—The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme—COMEX— Role of the Churches , Pages 39-66 CHAPTER 5 - Teaching the Commonwealth: The Commonwealth Institute and its work—Royal Commonwealth Society— The problems of overlapping , Pages 67-75 CHAPTER 6 - The Lattice-work: Medicine—The blind and the deaf—Flying doctors and flying dentists—Lawyers — Architects — Auditors-General — Survey officers — Science — Agriculture — Air pollution — Space research — Aeronautical research—Chambers of Commerce —Statisticians—Crown Agents— Merchant navies , Pages 76-99 CHAPTER 7 - Communication and the Arts: Broadcasting — The Press — Round-the- Commonwealth cable — Telecommunications — Educational television — Arts co-operation—Literature , Pages 100-113 CHAPTER 8 - Parliament as an Export: The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association — Society of Clerks-at-the-Table — A Commonwealth Assembly? , Pages 114-121 CHAPTER 9 - The Economic Machinery: Finance Ministers' meetings—Commonwealth Liaison Committee—Commonwealth Development Corporation—Commonwealth Development Finance Company— Overseas Development Institute , Pages 122-125 CHAPTER 10 - The Real Commonwealth , Pages 126-136 Bibliography , Pages 137-138 Index , Pages 139-151