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 197

This book takes up one of the key theoretical challenges in the English School’s conceptual framework, namely the nature of the institutions of international

Following Bull's structure, it considers key concepts, major institutions and alternative approaches to order, and reasserts the enduring insight of Bull's work

A clear and wide-ranging introduction to the analysis of global political order. The book offers engaging answers to the key questions of contemporary world pol

Edward Keene argues that the conventional idea of an 'anarchical society' of equal and independent sovereign states is an inadequate description of order in mod