Europe as synarchy

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Published: Oct 24, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/hpsa.14426
Δημήτρης Ν. Χρυσοχόου
Abstract
This essay develops a new conceptual understanding of the European Union [EU] as a synarchy of entangled sovereignties: a densely institutionalized system of shared rule that produces a flexible interpretation of the classical sovereignty principle and, with it, of the capacity of jointly organized units to determine collectively their future within a larger, composite polity. It aims at yielding new insights into the structural transformations of sovereign statehood in Europe in the light of the emergence of new forms of governance. In that regard, the EU is being transformed into a new type of regional constellation that projects a polyarchical configuration of political authority. 
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