Supranational aspects of international organizations¶
Many international organizations also have supranational aspects, meaning that decisions can be made by the organization as a whole that are binding on member states that disagree.
Core Idea¶
Supranational aspects of international organizations is treated here as the recurring law, politics, and public institutions identity summarized by this source-grounded definition: Many international organizations also have supranational aspects, meaning that decisions can be made by the organization as a whole that are binding on member states that disagree. Many international organizations also have supranational aspects, meaning that decisions can be made by the organization as a whole that are binding on member states that disagree. The three elements of supranationality are defined as follows.
Scope of Application¶
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Definition. Political Unification Revisited: On Building Supranational Communities by Amitai Etzioni offers the definition of supranationality that is used in this entry.
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Definition. Etzioni writes that supranationality can be thought of as "a composite of several elements." These elements can be present alone or all together.
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Definition. Making of significant decisions by a body that is not made of national representatives and that does not receive instructions from national governments.
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Definition. (Though such a body is frequently elected by national authorities or their constituents.
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Definition. Frequently such a body is made up of officials acting in an individual capacity.).
Clarity¶
A clear use of Supranational aspects of international organizations names the carrier, the operative relation, and the conditions under which the source treats the identity as present. The minimal definition is Many international organizations also have supranational aspects, meaning that decisions can be made by the organization as a whole that are binding on member states that disagree.
Manages Complexity¶
Supranational aspects of international organizations compresses multiple law, politics, and public institutions details into a stable diagnostic relation. The source shows both the central mechanism—making of significant decisions by a body that is not made of national representatives and that does not receive instructions from national governments.—and the practical consequence—frequently such a body is made up of officials acting in an individual capacity.).
Abstract Reasoning¶
- Type the carrier. Identify the law, politics, and public institutions entities to which the claim applies.
- State the relation. Use the source-grounded identity: Many international organizations also have supranational aspects, meaning that decisions can be made by the organization as a whole that are binding on member states that disagree.
- Check operation and conditions. (Though such a body is frequently elected by national authorities or their constituents.
- Demand recognition evidence.
Knowledge Transfer¶
Within the home domain. Knowledge about Supranational aspects of international organizations transfers literally when a new case preserves the same carrier type, relation, and recognition test. Political Unification Revisited: On Building Supranational Communities by Amitai Etzioni offers the definition of supranationality that is used in this entry. Etzioni writes that supranationality can be thought of as "a composite of several elements." These elements can be present alone or all together. Beyond the home domain. No canonical parent is asserted for Supranational aspects of international organizations.
Neighborhood in Abstraction Space¶
Supranational aspects of international organizations sits in a sparse region of the domain-specific corpus (81st percentile for distinctiveness): few abstractions share its structure, so a faithful description tends to retrieve it precisely.
Family — Unclustered & Miscellaneous (2551 abstractions)
Nearest neighbors
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