International Society — Theoretical Promises Unfulfilled
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8912337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ole Waever (0000-0002-9053-5855, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 97-128 |
| Publication date | 1992-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cooperation and Conflict (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-8367 • E-ISSN: 1460-3691 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0010836792027001004 |
| OpenAlex | W2017292789 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 43 |
The English school in the study of international relations is characterized by its interest in `international society', i.e. a society formed by and of states developing rules and institutions for the conduct of their relations. This perspective has held a promise of overcoming the dichotomies of realist-liberalist and historical-structural approaches. Thereby it opened up for potential studies of for instance the relative weight of systemic (structural and constant) pressures relative to historical peculiarities in the evolution of different systems of states; the interplay between international society and a `world society' of mankind; and characterization of the different logics of international relations in different epochs. Reviewing three recent and prominent publications from the `school', it seems that although the books each on their own make valuable contributions to International Relations, development of theory of international society is not a very dynamic business. A plea is made for an opening of the — too English? — school towards parallel American interest in `regimes', towards semioticians' insight into the nature and implications of `sharing language', and towards historically focused studies in classical political theory and international law. In particular, the books on nationalism (James Mayall) and Hugo Grotius (Hedley Bull et al.) offer promising examples of this
Dichotomy · Epistemology · International relations · International relations theory · Law and economics · Nationalism · Plea · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law
Women and States
The Geopolitics of Knowledge About World Politics
What the Classical English School was Trying to Explain, and Why its Members Were not Interested in Causal Explanation
The English School
From international to world society
From International to World Society
Por un orden anárquico. La crítica de Hedley Bull al cosmopolitismo
International Society and Regional Integration in Central Asia
The English School and the concept of ‘empire’
Football's contribution to international order
Change in International Society
The War against Iraq and International Order
World society as a shared ethnos and the limits of world society in Central Asia
Definitely not yet the End of Nations
The English School and Asean
Short circuits
Socratic Cosmopolitanism
International Society
Beyond a Pluralist Conception of International Society
International Society and Eclecticism in International Relations Theory
On the Evolution of Primary Institutions of International Society
From international system to international society
On Global Order
Know-Where
The concept of practice in the English School
Playing the game of sovereign states
The `English School' in China
Universe of the mind
Force and statecraft
The Domestic Analogy and World Order Proposals
The Twenty Years’ Crisis, 1919–1939
Política entre las naciones
The Expansion of international society
The Expansion of International Society
Martin Wight and the theory of international relations
Rules, Norms, and Decisions
The Logic of Anarchy
International Institutions and State Power
The Anarchical Society
Rules, Norms, and Decisions. On the Conditions of Practical and Legal Reasoning in International Relations and Domestic Affairs
Rescuing 'Reason' from the 'Rationalists
The Role of Deviance in World International Society
Serpents and Doves in Classical International Theory
The English school of international relations
Systems of States
The Other in European self-definition
Men and citizens in international relations
Hedley Bull, states systems and international societies
The English school of international relations
An anatomy of international thought
The English school of international relations
The Anarchical Society
The Nature of International Society
On diplomacy
Sovereign statehood
Regimes and the limits of realism
On Human Conduct
Neorealism and Neoliberalism
International Theory
Varieties of Worldly Wisdom
Power and Interdependencerevisited
Continuity and Transformation in the World Polity
International organization
Epochen der Völkerrechtsgeschichte
A New Age in International Relations
Non-intervention, self-determination and the 'new world order
| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,82 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2024 (32) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |