Synopses & Reviews
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.
Synopsis
Following Bull's structure, it considers key concepts, major institutions and alternative approaches to order, and reasserts the enduring insight of Bull's work, whilst responding to major developments in the theory and practice in international relations.
About the Author
RICHARD LITTLE is Professor in International Politics at the University of Bristol. JOHN WILLIAMS is Lecturer in International Relations, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University.
Table of Contents
Introduction--J.Williams & R.Little * PART 1: THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS * Order and Society--J.Williams * Seeing (Double) in the Darkness: The Moral Vision of The Anarchical Society--N.J.Rengger * Hedley Bull, 'Embedded Cosmopolitanism', and the Pluralist-Solidarist Debate--J.M.Almeida * PART 2: THE INSTITUTIONS OF ANARCHICAL SOCIETY * Rethinking Hedley Bull on the Institutions of International Society--B.Buzan * The Balance of Power and Great Power Management--R.Little * The Nature of Law in an Anarchical Society--D.Armstrong * Diplomacy, Anti-diplomacy and International Society--I.Hall * War in the Twenty-first Century: An Institution in Crisis--C.A.Jones * PART 3: THE TEST OF TIME * The State of International Society--A.Hurrell