The English school of thought holds two contrasting visions when looking at the international society theory and how it challenges the concept of international anarchy. It was Hedley Bull whom firstly brought these two contrasts to light in 1962, which were the pluralist and the solidarist concepts of international society. In this essay I will firstly analyze what is meant by international society from the prospective of the English school of thought and then using Hedley Bull I will analyze the two different contrasting visions being the pluralist and solidarist, concluding with a general over view of both and how international society challenges the concept of international anarchy today.
The main idea behind International Relations is that states are able to maintain an international society by coming to an agreement amongst them, which embeds mutual rules and foundations for the handling of their relationships by identifying their shared welfare's. This notion is similar to the current American regime, which also embeds common interests, rules and foundations between states in order to regulate their relations. However International Society does not signify exact occurrences on precise issues, but denotes the establishment in a system of states.
[...] Analyze what is meant by either ‘international society' or 'international interdependence' and assess how significantly the concept challenges the idea of international anarchy The English school of thought holds two contrasting visions when looking at the international society theory and how it challenges the concept of international anarchy. It was Hedley Bull whom firstly brought these two contrasts to light in 1962, which were the pluralist and the solidarist concepts of international society. In this essay I will firstly analyze what is meant by international society from the prospective of the English school of thought and then using Hedley Bull I will analyze the two different contrasting visions being the pluralist and solidarist, concluding with a general over view of both and how international society challenges the concept of international anarchy today. [...]
[...] I don't believe that Hedley Bull's view of international society and the challenge international anarchyis present to this date. The world Bull theorized about has changed significantly. There are not only nations – states whom control the international society today or create obstructions within the international system. As globalization occurs there are now new several non-state factors like terrorist groups whom have as similar equal key roles within international society that are just as major, like the fact that with one simple action a state can be wiped out completely by a nuclear bomb. [...]
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