POL 2103 Lecture 1: The English School of IR

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 2103
• Professor: Meseret Demissie

Document Summary

Idea shapes the conduct of politics: the school maintains that: there is a society of states at the international level, despite the condition of anarchy, society means order which means rule. Roots: roots in various schools, synthesis of different theories and concepts, occupy the middle ground. Emergence of the english school: one of the intellectual drivers animating the classical english school was the, dissatisfaction with the mainstream approached. Methodology: interpretive mode of investigation: bull made four points about interpretive mode of investigation, the subject matter of ir -> global political system, historical depth/understanding of the international society, the importance of values. Individuals and the wider community of human kind. Academic knowledge must have historical depth: bull stress on the importance of understanding the historical context, academic knowledge must have historical depth, fact is not sufficient, preferable to understand why and how, no escape from values.