This thesis expands the definition of supranationalism as a theory
which goes beyond the authority of hierarchically constructed state
systems. As such, there are two state ideal types of Member States
that provide transparency and democracy at the national level and
those which provide non-transparency and bureaucracy at the
supranational level. This thesis goes on to show that if the
democratic deficit were eliminated and EU authority were
transparent, then either the EU would become a superstate or return
European politics to a system Realpolitik. The second half of this
thesis posits two case studies and, utilising a novel approach this
thesis calls Social Fractal Methodology, a study of two state
cultures of administration provides evidence for the above theory
as well as confirms the operationalisation of the state ideal types
'institutionalised' states and 'constructivist' states whose
unit-level characteristics are shown to be accountability and
culpability respectively. In the end, this thesis hopes to achieve
a new prescription for the EU which, contrary to popular logic,
depends on increasing non-transparency to increase cooperation.
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