Includes bibliographical references and index.

Guides to International Studies; Title page; Copyright page; About the Contributors; Introduction to the English School in International Studies; References; 1 The Historical Development of the English School; Introduction; Literature on the History of the English School; The Emergence of the Idea of "the English School"; The Development of English School Works; Normative Orientation; Historical Orientation; Acknowledgments; References; 2 The British Committee on the Theory of International Politics and Its Central Figures; Introduction; Some Prehistory; References.

3 The British Committee and International Society: History and TheoryIntroduction; Embarkation 1961-62; History and Theory; What Kind of History?; Abbreviations; References; 4 The Historical Expansion of International Society; Introduction; The Classical "Expansion" Story in the English School Literature; Pessimists and Pluralists; Critiques, Extensions, and Solidarism; Where to from Here?; References; Online Resources; 5 The English School and Institutions: British Institutionalists?; Introduction; Institutions versus Organizations and Regimes.

The Primary Institutions of International SocietyHow to Study Primary Institutions; Conclusion; Notes; References; 6 The International System -- International Society Distinction; Introduction; The System-Society Boundary in Question; Rereading the Expansion of International Society; System as a Security Calculation; Notes; References; 7 The Regional Dimension of International Society; Introduction; Uniting Historical Regional International Societies: The Expansion of Europe; The European International Society Becomes Universal; From Destruction to Division: International Society 1914-90.

Contemporary International Society: A Global Society with Regional ComponentsConclusion; References; 8 The International Society -- World Society Distinction; Introduction; International Society and World Society: Consensus; International Society and World Society: Disagreement; International Society and World Society under Conditions of Globalization; Conclusion; References; 9 Order and Justice; Introduction; The Priority of Order over Justice; Order and Justice in Pluralist English School Writing; The Expansion of Justice in International Society: Justice Above Order?

Order and Justice TodayReferences; 10 The Pluralist-Solidarist Debate in the English School; Origins of Debate; Purpose, Procedure, and Humanitarian Intervention; Theorizing World Order; The Vocabulary of Debate; References; 11 Three Traditions of International Theory; Introduction; What Is "International Theory?"; The Role of the History of Ideas; Putting Past Thinking into Order; The Three Traditions; The Reception of the Three Traditions; Notes; References; 12 Normative Theory in the English School; Introduction; The British Committee and the Contours of the Middle Ground.

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