In this fundamental text, Hedley Bull explores three key
questions: What is the nature of order in world politics? How is it
maintained within the contemporary states system? And do desirable
and feasible alternatives to the states system exist? Contrary to
common claims, Bull asserts that the sovereign states system is not
in decline. Rather, it persists and thrives, as it is essential to
maintaining an international world order.
More than three decades after its publication, Bull's classic
work continues to define and direct research in international
relations. In this thirty-fifth anniversary edition, the text has
been updated and includes a new interpretive foreword by the
world's leading expert on Bull and his contributions to the theory,
structures, and practices of world politics. "The Anarchical
Society" identifies and confronts the unwritten rules supporting
the international order across history, despite sweeping changes in
laws and institutions. It considers and rejects the idea that the
states system is giving way to an alternative world government or
some method of neo-medieval rule or that the states system has
ceased to be viable or compatible with objectives such as peace,
economic justice, and ecological control. Bull also reviews and
comments upon a variety of proposals for states system reform.
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