HEDLEY BULL was sometime Montague Burton Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford, UK. He had previously been Professor of International Relations, Australian National University.ANDREW HURRELL Montague Burton Professor of International Relations and Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, UK.

Reviews of previous editions: 'A masterful analysis of the problem of international order in contemporary society and of the feasibility of such alternative models as disarmament, global organization, a highly proliferated world, and a radical redistribution of wealth and power.' - Foreign Affairs 'An important book likely to be read with profit for along time to come.' - The Times Literary Supplement 'Bull has written that rarest of books: it is not the last, but the first word on its subject.' - Political Science Quarterly

• Foreword to the Fourth Edition: The Anarchical Society 35 Years On; A.HurrellPrefaceIntroductionPART I: THE NATURE OF ORDER IN WORLD POLITICS The Concept of Order in World PoliticsDoes Order Exist in World Politics?How is Order Maintained in World Politics?Order versus Justice in World PoliticsPARTII: ORDER IN THE CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM The Balance of Power and International OrderInternational Law and International OrderDiplomacy and International OrderWar and International OrderThe Great Powers and International OrderPART III: ALTERNATIVE PATHS TO WORLD ORDER Alternatives to the Contemporary States SystemThe Decline of the States System?The Obsolescence of the States System?The Reform of the States System?Conclusion.

HEDLEY BULL was sometime Montague Burton Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford, UK. He had previously been Professor of International Relations, Australian National University.ANDREW HURRELL Montague Burton Professor of International Relations and Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, UK.

Reviews of previous editions: 'A masterful analysis of the problem of international order in contemporary society and of the feasibility of such alternative models as disarmament, global organization, a highly proliferated world, and a radical redistribution of wealth and power.' - Foreign Affairs 'An important book likely to be read with profit for along time to come.' - The Times Literary Supplement 'Bull has written that rarest of books: it is not the last, but the first word on its subject.' - Political Science Quarterly

• Foreword to the Fourth Edition: The Anarchical Society 35 Years On; A.HurrellPrefaceIntroductionPART I: THE NATURE OF ORDER IN WORLD POLITICS The Concept of Order in World PoliticsDoes Order Exist in World Politics?How is Order Maintained in World Politics?Order versus Justice in World PoliticsPARTII: ORDER IN THE CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM The Balance of Power and International OrderInternational Law and International OrderDiplomacy and International OrderWar and International OrderThe Great Powers and International OrderPART III: ALTERNATIVE PATHS TO WORLD ORDER Alternatives to the Contemporary States SystemThe Decline of the States System?The Obsolescence of the States System?The Reform of the States System?Conclusion.

HEDLEY BULL was sometime Montague Burton Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford, UK. He had previously been Professor of International Relations, Australian National University.ANDREW HURRELL Montague Burton Professor of International Relations and Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, UK.

Reviews of previous editions: 'A masterful analysis of the problem of international order in contemporary society and of the feasibility of such alternative models as disarmament, global organization, a highly proliferated world, and a radical redistribution of wealth and power.' - Foreign Affairs 'An important book likely to be read with profit for along time to come.' - The Times Literary Supplement 'Bull has written that rarest of books: it is not the last, but the first word on its subject.' - Political Science Quarterly

• Foreword to the Fourth Edition: The Anarchical Society 35 Years On; A.HurrellPrefaceIntroductionPART I: THE NATURE OF ORDER IN WORLD POLITICS The Concept of Order in World PoliticsDoes Order Exist in World Politics?How is Order Maintained in World Politics?Order versus Justice in World PoliticsPARTII: ORDER IN THE CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM The Balance of Power and International OrderInternational Law and International OrderDiplomacy and International OrderWar and International OrderThe Great Powers and International OrderPART III: ALTERNATIVE PATHS TO WORLD ORDER Alternatives to the Contemporary States SystemThe Decline of the States System?The Obsolescence of the States System?The Reform of the States System?Conclusion.