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

Author: Hedley Bull
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: This book starts from the basic premise that states form the international society and analyzes the significant theoretical question of how the world order or international order is maintained. The author argues that international society's 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 Political 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 premise that states form the international society, this book analyzes the significant theoretical question of how the world order or international order is maintained. The author argues that international society's institutions, such as 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 this book, highly praising Bull's work and noting that the British approach to international relations research reflected in this book differs significantly from the mainstream American approach. Reading this book helps us understand the "British School."