Anarchical Society in a Globalized World

This book provides a major reassessment of Hedley Bull's The Anarchical Society, the defining text for the English School approach to international relations and one of the most enduring and important works of international theory. It brings together some of the leading writers on the English School who provide authoritative assessments of Bull's key concepts. But in addition to analyzing the component elements of Bull's conception of the international society, they also examine how his account of world order fares in the face of the forces of globalization that have started to play such an important role in world politics in the years since he wrote his classic text. The book follows the structure employed by Bull and it considers key concepts, major institutions and alternative approaches to order. In doing so, it reasserts the enduring insights of Bull's work, whilst responding to major developments in the theory and practice of international relations.