The Future of Sovereignty in Multilevel Governance Europe - A Constructivist Reading

@article{citeulike:1820756, abstract = {Abstract Multilevel governance presents a depiction of contemporary structures in EU Europe as consisting of overlapping authorities and competing competencies. By focusing on emerging non-anarchical structures in the international system, hence moving beyond the conventional hierarchy/anarchy dichotomy to distinguish domestic and international arenas, this seems a radical transformation of the familiar Westphalian system and to undermine state sovereignty. Paradoxically, however, the principle of sovereignty proves to be resilient despite its alleged empirical decline. This article argues that social constructivism can explain the paradox, by considering sovereign statehood as a process-dependent institutional fact, and by showing that multilevel governance can feed into this process.}, author = {Aalberts, Tanja E. }, citeulike-article-id = {1820756}, doi = {10.1111/j.0021-9886.2004.00475.x}, journal = {JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies}, keywords = {governance, multilevel}, number = {1}, pages = {23--46}, posted-at = {2007-10-25 12:46:24}, priority = {2}, title = {The Future of Sovereignty in Multilevel Governance Europe - A Constructivist Reading}, url = {http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.0021-9886.2004.00475.x}, volume = {42}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1820756 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1820756 TI - The Future of Sovereignty in Multilevel Governance Europe - A Constructivist Reading JF - JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies VL - 42 IS - 1 SP - 23 EP - 46 N2 - Abstract Multilevel governance presents a depiction of contemporary structures in EU Europe as consisting of overlapping authorities and competing competencies. By focusing on emerging non-anarchical structures in the international system, hence moving beyond the conventional hierarchy/anarchy dichotomy to distinguish domestic and international arenas, this seems a radical transformation of the familiar Westphalian system and to undermine state sovereignty. Paradoxically, however, the principle of sovereignty proves to be resilient despite its alleged empirical decline. This article argues that social constructivism can explain the paradox, by considering sovereign statehood as a process-dependent institutional fact, and by showing that multilevel governance can feed into this process. KW - governance KW - multilevel AU - Aalberts, Tanja PY - 2004/// UR - http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.0021-9886.2004.00475.x ER -