Anarchical Society A Study of Order in World Politics

Name: Anarchical Society A Study of Order in World Politics
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ISBN: 9780231127639

ISBN-10: 0231127634

ISBN-13: 9780231127639

Edition: 3rd 2002

Authors: Hedley Bull, Andrew Hurrell, Stanley Hoffman

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The Anarchical Society is one of the masterworks of political science and the classic text on the nature of order in world politics. Originally published in 1977, it continues to define and shape the discipline of international relations. This edition has been updated with a new, interpretive foreword by Andrew Hurrell. Bull explores three fundamental questions: What is order in world politics? How is order maintained in the contemporary states system? What alternative paths to world order are desirable and feasible? Laws and institutions, Bull points out, shift and change over time. The Anarchical Society addresses the unwritten rules which have allowed international order to exist across…

Book details

List price: $32.50
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 7/17/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Jacques Semelin is professor of political science and research director at CERI-CNRS in Paris. After having studied civil resistance within Nazi Europe, he developed comparative genocide research and is now exploring processes of reconciliation and prevention. His previously published book in English is Unarmed Against Hitler: Civil Resistance in Europe, 1939-1943, and he is founder of the Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence.



Foreword to the Third Edition



Foreword to the Second Edition



Preface


Introduction



The Nature of Order in World Politics



The Concept of Order in World Politics



Does Order Exist in World Politics?



How is Order Maintained in World Politics?



Order versus Justice in World Politics



Order in the Contemporary International System



The Balance of Power and International Order



International Law and International Order



Diplomacy and International Order



War and International Order



The Great Powers and International Order



Alternative Paths to World Order



Alternatives to the Contemporary States System



The Decline of the States System?



The Obsolescence of the States System?



The Reform of the States System?



Conclusion


Notes and References


Index