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'Pluralism, Solidarism and the Emergence of World Society in English School Theory'

Williams, John

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This article argues that the debate between pluralism and solidarism in English School theory has been cast in such a way as to hand the progressive cause to solidarism, taking for granted that moves towards the emergence of world society further a solidarist normative agenda. This article suggests this is because of assumptions about the nature and location of such changes within English School theory. However, an alternative understanding of change, as emerging from tensions arising within the pluralist understanding of international society, has been overlooked. This enables a challenge to be raised to the assumption that world society must be solidarist, producing an initial defence of a potentially ethically desirable pluralist form of world society.

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Williams, J. (2005). 'Pluralism, Solidarism and the Emergence of World Society in English School Theory'. International Relations, 19(1), 19-38. https://doi.org/10.1177/0047117805050060

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2005-01
Deposit Date Oct 14, 2008
Publicly Available Date Mar 19, 2013
Journal International Relations
Print ISSN 0047-1178
Electronic ISSN 1741-2862
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 19
Issue 1
Pages 19-38
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0047117805050060
Keywords Change, Diversity, Globalisation, Territorial borders, Westphalian system.
Publisher URL http://ire.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/1/19

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The final definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal International relations 19/1 2005 © 2005 SAGE Publications by SAGE Publications Ltd at the International relations page: http://ire.sagepub.com/ on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com/







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