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Quasi-States in Europe: Integration, State Territroiality and the Changing Nature of Statehood
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“QUASI-STATES” IN EUROPE: INTEGRATION, STATE
TERRITORIALITY AND THE CHANING NATURE OF
STATEHOOD*
By ISA CAMYAR
A PhD Candidate in
The Department of Political Science
Louisiana State University (USA)
E-Mail- ## email not listed ##
Abstract:
One of the most neglected topics in the general studies of the European Integration ishow the statehood of the member states is implicated in the whole process of theintegration. The existing approaches in the literature on the European Integration hardlyprovide analytical tools that would enable us to track continuities and changes instatehood in the context of the European Integration. In my discussion, I will bring spatialanalysis with the debates on state sovereignty. I will argue that the spatial nature ofstatehood or state territoriality has two different components, external and internal,underlying two different types of statehood, juridical or legal and empirical orsociological. In Europe, the external component of state territoriality underlying thejuridical dimension of statehood is eroding; the states are giving up their ‘exclusiverights’ to have ultimate authority within a given territorial jurisdiction in an increasingnumber of policy areas. However, the internal component of state territoriality underlyingthe empirical or sociological dimension of statehood is still strong; the states still holdremarkable administrative, extractive and coercive capacities. My thesis is that the spatialnature of the statehood in Europe is changing, and we have increasingly “quasi-states” inEurope, which are strong in internal territoriality and empirical statehood, but weak inexternal territoriality and juridical statehood.
* A draft paper prepared for a presentation in 46
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Annual ISA Convention in
Honolulu Hawaii. Since the paper is a work in progress, and has many points thatneed to further elaborations, please do not cite this paper without permission of theauthor.
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“QUASI-STATES” IN EUROPE: INTEGRATION, STATE
TERRITORIALITY AND THE CHANING NATURE OF
STATEHOOD*
By ISA CAMYAR
A PhD Candidate in
The Department of Political Science
Louisiana State University (USA)
E-Mail- ## email not listed ##
Abstract:
One of the most neglected topics in the general studies of the European Integration is
how the statehood of the member states is implicated in the whole process of the
integration. The existing approaches in the literature on the European Integration hardly
provide analytical tools that would enable us to track continuities and changes in
statehood in the context of the European Integration. In my discussion, I will bring spatial
analysis with the debates on state sovereignty. I will argue that the spatial nature of
statehood or state territoriality has two different components, external and internal,
underlying two different types of statehood, juridical or legal and empirical or
sociological. In Europe, the external component of state territoriality underlying the
juridical dimension of statehood is eroding; the states are giving up their ‘exclusive
rights’ to have ultimate authority within a given territorial jurisdiction in an increasing
number of policy areas. However, the internal component of state territoriality underlying
the empirical or sociological dimension of statehood is still strong; the states still hold
remarkable administrative, extractive and coercive capacities. My thesis is that the spatial
nature of the statehood in Europe is changing, and we have increasingly “quasi-states” in
Europe, which are strong in internal territoriality and empirical statehood, but weak in
external territoriality and juridical statehood.
* A draft paper prepared for a presentation in 46
th
Annual ISA Convention in
Honolulu Hawaii. Since the paper is a work in progress, and has many points that
need to further elaborations, please do not cite this paper without permission of the
author.
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