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 august 2004 doi 101093 01992652080010001 authors a j bellamy request full text pdf to read the full text of this research you can request a copy . 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