The Anarchical Society in a Globalized World - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 140398963X ISBN 13: 9781403989635

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

Synopsis

This major collection offers contemporary commentary on one of the most enduring and important works of international theory: Hedley Bull's The Anarchical Society. It brings together leading writers on the English school, and analyzes how Bull's account of order fares in the face of globalization. Following Bull's structure, it considers key concepts, major institutions and alternative approaches to order, and reasserts the enduring insight of Bull's work, while responding to major developments in the theory and practice in international relations.

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Review:

'This is a valuable contribution to the 'English School' of which Hedley Bull was a leading founder. The editors have assembled a first rate group of commentators on the work of Bull. The volume is a major assessment of The Anarchical Society three decades on.' - Professor Robert Jackson, Boston University, USA

'The anarchical society...offer[s] much that continues to be of great value for the study of IR.' - Rita Floyd, International Affairs

'This book is a very useful companion to Bull's as it introduces Bull to a gloablised world and scrutinises his ideas in depth.' - Alex J. Bellamy, Political Studies Review

'While the volume does not offer a solution to these issues, it does provide a number of ways of thinking about them afresh, in addition to others Bull raised. It can therefore be recommended to those interested in the English School or sociological approaches to IR and, indeed, to all advance students of the theory and practice of internatinal politics.' - Millennium Journal of International Studies

About the Author:

RICHARD LITTLE is Professor in International Politics at the University of Bristol, UK. He is a former editor of the Review of International Studies and Chair of the British International Studies Association. Currently he holds a major research fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust and is working on the history and theory of the balance of power. He is the co-author with Barry Buzan of International Systems in World History.

JOHN WILLIAMS is Lecturer in International Relations, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University, UK. As well as recent publications on the English school in the Review of International Studies and International Relations, he is author of The Ethics of Territorial Borders: Drawing Lines in the Shifting Sand to be published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2006.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 140398963X
• ISBN 13: 9781403989635
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 243
• Editor: Little R., Williams J.