In this major new work, leading scholars come together to evaluate the influential International Society approach to contemporary world politics. Writing from a variety of perspectives, the contributors to this book demonstrate that a proper understanding of world politics needs to incorporate many types of actor and be able to explain the different types of issue in world politics. This International Society approach offers one of the most illuminating ways of understanding the major issues of our day, such as terrorism, global governance, and the role of international law.

• Introduction: The English School and International Society


• Part 1: International Society, International Theory, and International History


• 1: Hidemi Suganami: The English School and International Theory


• 2: Richard Little: The English School and World History


• 3: Tim Dunne: The New Agenda


• 4: Christian Reus-Smit: The Constructivist Turn and the Challenge of September 11


• Part 2: Critical Engagements


• 5: Roger Spegele: Traditional Political Realism and the Writing of History


• 6: Barry Buzan: The Challenge of Globalization and International Political Economy


• 7: Paul Williams: Critical Security Studies


• 8: Matthew Paterson: Global Economic Governance


• 9: Jacqui True: Feminism


• 10: Roland Bleiker: Order and Disorder


• Part 3:


• 11: Richard Falk: (Re)Imagining the Governance of Globalization


• 12: Jacinta O'Hagan: Between Universal Order and Diversity: The Question of Culture


• 13: Richard Devetak: Violence, Order, and Terror


• 14: Terry Nardin: Justice and Coercion


• 15: Justin Morris: The Security Council and Global Governance


• 16: Nicholas J. Wheeler and Alex J. Bellamy: Law and Power: Britain and the Wars in Kosovo and Iraq


• Conclusion: Whither International Society?