John Williams studied at the Universities of Hull and Warwick, and was a lecturer at Aberdeen University before joining Durham University in 2001. His research has focused on English school international relations theory, especially its normative dimension, on the ethics of territorial borders, and on the ethics of violence in international relations. He has published six authored and edited books and twenty papers and chapters in academic journals and collections. His work has appeared in leading journals such as the Review of International Studies and the European Journal of International Relations.

By proposing an innovative reading of pluralism, the book not only provides essential insights for anyone with interest in ethical pluralism in contemporary politics, but it also sets the agenda for future research in this field of study.

• 1. Saving Pluralism from Itself? ; 2. Beyond Moral Scepticism, Statism, and Conservatism: Recasting Pluralist Approaches to International Society ; 3. Re-thinking the Society of Sovereign States as Pluralist Edifice: Community, Plurality, and Globalization ; 4. Institutions, Plurality, and Resistance ; 5. World Politics and the Pluralism of the Future, Rather than the Past Pluralism Saved? ; 6. Pluralism Saved?

John Williams studied at the Universities of Hull and Warwick, and was a lecturer at Aberdeen University before joining Durham University in 2001. His research has focused on English school international relations theory, especially its normative dimension, on the ethics of territorial borders, and on the ethics of violence in international relations. He has published six authored and edited books and twenty papers and chapters in academic journals and collections. His work has appeared in leading journals such as the Review of International Studies and the European Journal of International Relations.

By proposing an innovative reading of pluralism, the book not only provides essential insights for anyone with interest in ethical pluralism in contemporary politics, but it also sets the agenda for future research in this field of study.

• 1. Saving Pluralism from Itself? ; 2. Beyond Moral Scepticism, Statism, and Conservatism: Recasting Pluralist Approaches to International Society ; 3. Re-thinking the Society of Sovereign States as Pluralist Edifice: Community, Plurality, and Globalization ; 4. Institutions, Plurality, and Resistance ; 5. World Politics and the Pluralism of the Future, Rather than the Past Pluralism Saved? ; 6. Pluralism Saved?

John Williams studied at the Universities of Hull and Warwick, and was a lecturer at Aberdeen University before joining Durham University in 2001. His research has focused on English school international relations theory, especially its normative dimension, on the ethics of territorial borders, and on the ethics of violence in international relations. He has published six authored and edited books and twenty papers and chapters in academic journals and collections. His work has appeared in leading journals such as the Review of International Studies and the European Journal of International Relations.

By proposing an innovative reading of pluralism, the book not only provides essential insights for anyone with interest in ethical pluralism in contemporary politics, but it also sets the agenda for future research in this field of study.

• 1. Saving Pluralism from Itself? ; 2. Beyond Moral Scepticism, Statism, and Conservatism: Recasting Pluralist Approaches to International Society ; 3. Re-thinking the Society of Sovereign States as Pluralist Edifice: Community, Plurality, and Globalization ; 4. Institutions, Plurality, and Resistance ; 5. World Politics and the Pluralism of the Future, Rather than the Past Pluralism Saved? ; 6. Pluralism Saved?