Australian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 39, No. 2, July, pp. 307–330 Securing International Society: Towards an English School Discourse of Security ALEX J. BELLAMY University of Queensland AND MATT MCDONALD University of New South Wales English School approaches to international politics, which focus on the idea of an international society of states bound together by shared rules and norms, have not paid significant explicit attention to the study of security in inter- national relations. This is curious given the centrality of security to the study of world politics and the recent resurgence of English School scholarship in general. This article attempts to redress this gap by locating and explicating an English School discourse of security. We argue here that there is indeed an English School discourse of security, although an important internal distinction exists here between pluralist and solidarist accounts, which focus on questions of order and justice in international society respectively. In making this argument, we also seek to explore the extent to which emerging solidarist accounts of security serve to redress the insecurity of security in international relations: the tendency of traditional security praxes to privilege the state in ways that renders individuals insecure. English School approaches to international politics, which focus on the idea of an international society of states bound together by shared rules and norms, have enjoyed something of a resurgence in recent times (Bellamy 2004a; Hurrell 2001; Guzzini 2001; Little 2000; Buzan 2001). Curiously, though, English School writers Alex J. Bellamy is a Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Queensland. He is the author of several books, including Kosovo and International Society (Palgrave, 2002), The Formation of Croatian National Identity: A Centuries-old Dream? (Manchester University Press, 2003) and (with Paul Williams and Stuart Griffin), Understanding Peacekeeping (Polity, 2004). He is currently writing a book on Just Wars (Polity) and editing International Society and its Critics (Oxford University Press). Matt McDonald is a Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of New South Wales. His major research interests and journal publications are in the areas of security theory, environment-security relations and Australian foreign policy. The authors thank Jacinta O’Hagan, Anthony Burke and this Journal’s anonymous reviewers for their thoughtful comments on earlier drafts of this article. ISSN 1036-1146 print; ISSN 1363-030X online/04/020307-24  2004 Australasian Political Studies Association DOI: 10.1080/1036114042000238537