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Non‐State Actors and the New Intergovernmentalism
Author(s) -
Baird Theodore
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jcms: journal of common market studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.54
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1468-5965
pISSN - 0021-9886
DOI - 10.1111/jcms.12570
Subject(s) - intergovernmentalism , political science , state (computer science) , power (physics) , order (exchange) , process (computing) , political economy , public administration , sociology , european integration , economics , european union , international trade , finance , computer science , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , operating system
This research note responds to recent debates about new intergovernmentalism and argues that the hypotheses of Bickerton, Hodson and Puetter overlook the roles non‐state actors play in the integration process. It intends to open up a debate about private power and the new intergovernmentalism, demonstrating that the concentration of powers of national governments has proceeded alongside the concentration of powers of transnational business interests in Europe. The note draws on the example of the civil security industry and Justice and Home Affairs policies in order to modify the six hypotheses of new intergovernmentalism.