Contested social orders and international politics / edited by David Skidmore.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Jeffry Frieden -- 1. Introduction: Bringing Social Orders Back In / David Skidmore -- 2. Contested Social Orders and War Termination / Charles Stein -- 3. The Domestic Politics of International Monetary Order: The Gold Standard / J. Lawrence Broz -- 4. Business Conflict and the Demise of Imperialism / James H. Nolt -- 5. The Politics of Appeasement: The Rise of the Left and European International Relations During the Interwar Period / Sandra Halperin -- 6. Rethinking Realist Interpretations of the Cold War: Balance of Power or Competing Social Orders? / David Skidmore -- 7. Private Interests and U.S. Foreign Policy in Haiti and the Caribbean Basin / Ronald Cox -- 8. Transnational Social Control in the Age of Globalization: The United States and Regime Transition in Chile / William Robinson -- 9. Conclusion: The Future of Contested Social Orders / James Nolt.

In contrast to realist and liberal approaches to international relations, which emphasize the institutional or structural form of international politics, the authors of this volume assert that states do not possess autonomous international preferences conditioned only by competition with other states. Instead, such preferences are socially constructed in a fluid environment in which there exist no strict dividing lines between state and society.