In doing this the approach has attracted a variety of criticisms from both ends of the political spectrum with some arguing that the claim that states form an international society is premature in an era of terror where power politics and the use of force have returned to the fore and others insisting that the state centrism of international society makes it an inherently conservative approach that is unable to address many of the worlds most pressing problems the book provides the . International society and its critics edited by alex j bellamy major new evaluation of the influential english schools contribution to international relations theory focusses on all the key contemporary international political issues contains a mixture of theoretical and empirical issues presented by leading scholars. International society and its critics article january 2004 with 166 reads how we measure reads a read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title abstract . International society and its critics provides the first in depth study of the english school approach to international relations from a variety of different theoretical and practical perspectives. International society and its critics edited by alex j bellamy description in this major new work leading scholars come together to evaluate the influential international society approach to contemporary world politics