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In this, his most systematic and fundamental work, Hedley Bull explores three key questions: what is the nature of order in world politics?; how is it maintained in the contemporary state system?; and what alternative paths to world order are feasible and desirable? He argues that the system of sovereign states is not in decline and is not an obstacle to world order but its essential foundation. This second edition includes a foreword by Stanley Hoffmann assessing the importance and relevance of Hedley Bull's text some two decades after its initial publication.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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The Nature of Order in World Politics
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Order in the Contemporary International System
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Alternative Paths to World Order
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Anarchical Society
Book Subtitle: A Study of Order in World Politics
Authors: Hedley Bull
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24028-9
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Hedley Bull 1977
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XVIII, 329
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: International Relations