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International Society

The English School

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Overview

  • Provides a concise account of the theoretical development of the English School from the British Committee on the Theory of International Relations to its ‘relaunching’ by Barry Buzan, and beyond.
  • Explains the fundamental institutions of international society, the meaning of international order, and the idea of the expansion of international society in theoretically informed terms.
  • Concludes with what it means to analyse international law, war, and other institutions in the English School approach.

Part of the book series: Trends in European IR Theory (TEIRT)

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About this book

This book provides an introduction to, and analysis of, the English School’s views on International Relations as they developed from the somewhat vague state/society distinction to the present focus on foundation institutions, regional organisation and the globalization of international society. It focuses on key thinkers and texts and turning points and moves our understanding of the English School beyond the past work of the British Committee to the more recent work of Barry Buzan et. al. to offer a comprehensive overview and interrogation from the leading lights of this arm of International Relations thought. This volume is one of the cornerstones of the EISA sponsored Trends in European IR Theory series complementing the volumes on International Political Theory, Liberalism, Realism, International Political Economy, the post-positivist tradition, and Feminism published for the centenary of IR as a discipline.

Reviews

“This book displays the core themes and contributions of the English … . It reads like a state of the art of English School research and serves as a window to the past two decades’ worth of research teams and working groups within this theoretical tradition. … This makes for an engaging read for students and scholars … .[This book] will certainly serve as a reminder of the former, and a stimulus for the latter.” (Filippo Costa Buranelli, International Affairs, Vol. 98 (6), 2022)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Buckingham, Buckingham, UK

    Cornelia Navari

About the editor

Cornelia Navari is Visiting Professor of International Affairs at the University of Buckingham, UK.

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