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Abstract. The article is devoted to the evolution of the views of one of the leading modern expert of the English School of International Relations, the Canadian scientist R. Jackson. The English School of International Relations began to form in the 1960s and 1970s. The concept of “international society” has become a symbol and a distinctive sign of this community. By the end of the 20th century, the development of the English School faced many difficulties of an objective and subjective nature. The school was divided into two wings: pluralists and solidarists, who assessed in a different manner the prospects for further development of the concept. Jackson was one of the leaders of the pluralist wing of the English School of International Relations and managed to consolidate a significant share of the community’s supporters around his ideas. The topic of the participation of former colonies in international society occupied one of the leading places in the interests of the researcher and was developed by the scientist since the 1970s. The purpose of the article is to highlight the main stages in the study of postcolonial problems in the concept of R. Jackson and to show the specifics of the scientist’s contribution to the development of the theory of the English school. The sources of the work were the texts of the leading representatives of this scientific community. The main conclusion of the article is that the evolution of the scientist’s views shows the general direction of the transformation of the scientific school and the problems of recognizing its concept outside the UK.
Keywords: English school of International Relation, R. Jackson, pluralism, International society, postcolonialism.