Bull’s political vision: past, present and future

Humphreys, Adam

doi:10.1080/09557571.2020.1785120

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“…Bull first clearly advanced this kind of further assessment within the English School literature. He was not dogmatically committed to international society as a path to order ( Humphreys 2020 ) and suggested that it is "a standing question whether world order might not be better served by such other forms" ( Bull 2002 , 21). For Bull, the viability of international society as a path to order "stands in need of continual reassessment" ( Bull 2002 , 308).…”

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Global Disorder: A Blind Spot or Distinct Concept of the International Society Approach?

McKeil

2022

Global Studies Quarterly

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The international society approach to the study of international relations has advanced a distinct understanding of international order in world politics. Does this approach therefore also implicitly have a distinct understanding of disorder in world politics, too? From a close reading of this literature, and the writings of Hedley Bull in particular, I argue that a “purposive” understanding of disorder in world politics is evident, as well as a set of sociological explanations of it, including hierarchy conflict, political value conflict, and the structural contradictions of international society. I suggest that this approach is more insightful and promising for studying increasing manifestations of disorder in world politics than alternative realist approaches. Finally, I make the case that this concept's analytical utility and theoretical role in this approach is the assessment of the continued viability of international society as a path to order in world politics.

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Global Disorder: A Blind Spot or Distinct Concept of the International Society Approach?

McKeil

2022

Global Studies Quarterly

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Bull’s political vision: past, present and future

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Global Disorder: A Blind Spot or Distinct Concept of the International Society Approach?

Global Disorder: A Blind Spot or Distinct Concept of the International Society Approach?

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