Anarchy Society: A Study of World Political Order (Second Edition)

Author: (British) Hedley Bull
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: This book starts from the fundamental perspective that states constitute the international society, analyzing the significant theoretical question of how the world order or international order is maintained. The author of the book believes that international society institutions such as balance of power, international law, diplomacy, war, and great powers are closely related to the maintenance of the international order. Hedley Bull's An Anarchical Society: A Study of World Order is a classic work in the field of international relations and one of the most renowned representative works of the Western international relations theory school known as the "British School." Starting from the basic view that states constitute the international society, this book analyzes the major theoretical question of how the world order or international order is maintained. The author argues that international society institutions such as the balance of power, international law, diplomacy, war, and great powers are closely related to the maintenance of the international order. Stanley Hoffmann, a distinguished American scholar and professor at Harvard University, wrote the foreword for the second edition of the book, highly praising Bull's work and noting that the British approach to international relations research reflected in the book has significant differences from the mainstream American approach. Reading this book helps us understand the "British School."