Two Concepts of Sovereignty: Explaining Divergent Attitudes  on EU Integration

Paula Olearnik-Szydlowska

Published : 2015-06-29

Vol. 6 No. 15 (2015)

Two Concepts of Sovereignty: Explaining Divergent Attitudes on EU Integration

Paula Olearnik-Szydlowska

Section: Articles Varia

Abstract

This paper begins with Isaiah Berlin’s two concepts of liberty – negative and positive – and uses them as a lens to bring two different notions of sovereignty into clearer focus. Moreover it aims at explaining how these differing notions of sovereignty provoke divergent and often counterintuitive responses to the question of EU integration. In particular it considers the attitudes of Poland and the United Kingdom as examples of the difference views between one new accession state and one founding member.

Streszczenie: Artykuł rozpoczyna od dwóch pojęć o wolności Isaiah’a Berlin’a – mianowicie wolności pozytywnej i negatywnej, używając je jako sposób głębszej analizy pojęcia suwerenności. Artykuł podejmuję próbę wyjaśnienia dlaczego te różne pojęcia suwerenności prowokują różne i czasem niespodziewane reakcje na temat integracji unijnej. W sposób szczególny analiza skupia się nad różnicą między poglądami wobec integracji znajdujące się w Polsce – nowe państwo unijne – oraz Wielkiej Brytanii – państwo dawnej unii.

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Sovereignty ; EU integration ; freedom ; Poland ; United Kingdom

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