AB ENTEGRASYON SÜRECİNDE EGEMENLİK VE SOSYAL POLİTİKALAR HAKKINDA TEORİK TARTIŞMALAR - Theoretical Discussions on Sovereignty and Social Policies in the EU Integration Process

The article dwells on the analytical elaboration of the process in which the nation-states have transformed and reconstructed the classical understanding of sovereignty and society in the building of a new polity in the European integration process, from political, economic and social perspectives. It has been discussed how common sovereignty and social policy have been constructed in a systemic structure that the EU is built on, in which a variety of different political, economic and social policies have been pursued. In that respect, the methodology of the article is based on descriptive, explanatory and comparative perspectives, with quantitative and qualitative data and tables to be used. The basic problematic of the article is figured out within integration and international relations perspectives.