Viceregalism: The Crown As Head of State in Political Crises in the Postwar Commonwealth
In: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
Intro -- Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Tables -- 1 Viceregalism -- Introduction -- Global Viceregalism -- Viceregal Rights During Political Crises -- The Right to Rule -- The Right to Uphold -- The Right to Oblige -- Conclusion -- 2 The Crown and Conservative Party Leadership: The Political Crisis of 1963 in Britain -- 3 Sovereigns, Sovereignties and the Scottish Question: Identities and Constitutional Change -- Sovereignty and Make-Believe -- Victoria and Scotland -- EIIR, Coronation, Bombs and Legal Challenges -- The Coronation and Royal Title 1953 -- Elizabethan Age -- Rise of the SNP and Devolution 1970s -- '79 Group -- Devolution from 1999 -- Referendum on Independence -- Attitudes of SNP Members -- Conclusion -- 4 A 'Supreme and Permanent Symbol of Executive Authority': The Crown and the Governorship of Northern Ireland in an Age of 'Troubles' -- The 'Symbolics of Power' -- The Position of the Office of Governor in the Administration of Northern Ireland -- 'Governing Without Consensus'13: The Formative Years of the Governorship -- The Governor, Ceremony and the Exercise of Power -- The Governors and the Reinforcing of the Union at a Time of Continuing Threat -- 5 Viceregal Crises in Nkrumah's Ghana -- [Revised 12 January 2020] -- Governors -- The Governor-General -- High Commissioners -- 6 'A Quaint and Unimportant Anachronism'? The Office of Governor General and Constitutional Controversies in the Commonwealth Caribbean -- Introduction -- Powers of the Head of State in the Commonwealth Caribbean -- Appointment and Dismissal of the Head of State -- Heads of State in Extremis -- Grenada: Revolution, Collapse of Government, Invasion -- Heads of State Assuming Executive Power.