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Intergovernmentalism




An alternative method of decision-making in international organizations is Supranationalism .

Intergovernmentalism is also a theory on European integration which rejects the idea of . Any increase in power at supranational level, he argues, results from a direct decision by governments. He believed that integration, driven by national governments, was often based on the domestic political and economic issues of the day. The theory rejects the concept of the spill-over effect that neofunctionalism proposes. He also rejects the idea that supranational organisations are on an equal level (in terms of political influence) as national governments.


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