This theory partly draws on the sociological ideas of (*) Berger and Luckmann.
One theorist in this school devised the Polanyi-inspired term "embedded liberalism," using it to explain the formation of the Bretton Woods system in Winning the Peace. An important article written from this perspective imagines the initial encounter between two states called Alter and Ego. John Ruggie is a contemporary theorist working in this perspective, which was pioneered by Nicholas Onuf and Friedrich Kratochwil. This theory partly draws on the sociological ideas of (*) Berger and Luckmann. Only gaining popularity after the end of the Cold War, it was brought into the mainstream by the author of "Anarchy is What States Make of It," Alexander Wendt. For 10 points, name this alternative theory to realism and liberalism, which basically concerns how a state's perceptions of the international system reciprocally helps create that system.
One theorist in this school devised the Polanyi-inspired term "embedded liberalism," using it to explain the formation of the Bretton Woods system in Winning the Peace.
social constructivism