) First edition | |
| Author | Hedley Bull |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | International relations |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Publication date | 1977 |
| Media type | Hardback |
| Pages | 335 |
| ISBN | 0-231-04132-2 |
| OCLC | 2332174 |
| 341.2 19 | |
| LC Class | JX1954 .B79 1977 |
The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics is a 1977 book by Hedley Bull and a founding text of the English School of international relations theory. The title refers to the assumption of anarchy in the international system (posited primarily by realists) and argues for the existence of an international society.
The book also outlines Bull's theory of new medievalism.
Bibliographic details
- Hedley Bull, The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics (London: Macmillan, 1977), ISBN 0333199146.
- Hedley Bull, The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics, 2nd edn (London: Macmillan, 1995), ISBN 0333638220 (with a new foreword by Stanley Hoffmann).
- Hedley Bull, The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics, 3rd edn (New York: Columbia University Press, 2002), ISBN 0231127634 (paper), ISBN 0231127626 (cloth) (includes a substantial new foreword by Andrew Hurrell).
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