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The predominant strategic-relational approaches to understanding multi-level governance within the context of the European Union are explored. An overview of the general strategic-relational approach to investigating both state government & the notion of governance is presented. Competing accounts of the European Union's transformation into a regional state or political entity are then examined; specific attention is dedicated to highlighting two state-oriented accounts (liberal intergovernmentalism & supranationalism) & two governance-based models (eg, multi-level governance & network polity). Three critiques of the state-oriented & governance-based accounts are subsequently offered; whereas the former accounts naturalize the sharp division between state & society, the latter perspectives have not achieved theoretical maturity. Consequently, a strategic-relational perspective that negotiates the aforementioned approaches' shortcomings is introduced & acknowledges changes to the structure of states in advanced capitalist societies is introduced. The alternative framework's implications for future research are also contemplated. J. W. Parker

The predominant strategic-relational approaches to understanding multi-level governance within the context of the European Union are explored. An overview of the general strategic-relational approach to investigating both state government & the notion of governance is presented. Competing accounts of the European Union's transformation into a regional state or political entity are then examined; specific attention is dedicated to highlighting two state-oriented accounts (liberal intergovernmentalism & supranationalism) & two governance-based models (eg, multi-level governance & network polity). Three critiques of the state-oriented & governance-based accounts are subsequently offered; whereas the former accounts naturalize the sharp division between state & society, the latter perspectives have not achieved theoretical maturity. Consequently, a strategic-relational perspective that negotiates the aforementioned approaches' shortcomings is introduced & acknowledges changes to the structure of states in advanced capitalist societies is introduced. The alternative framework's implications for future research are also contemplated. J. W. Parker