Negarchy was a term coined by Daniel Deudney

Daniel Deudney

Daniel Deudney is an American political scientist and Associate Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. His published work is mainly in the fields of international relations and political theory, with an emphasis on geopolitics and republicanism.-Education:Deudney graduated from...

 to mean a form of status quo

Status quo

Statu quo, a commonly used form of the original Latin "statu quo" – literally "the state in which" – is a Latin term meaning the current or existing state of affairs. To maintain the status quo is to keep the things the way they presently are...

 maintained by the inter-relations of the power structure and authority that modern states hold in relation to each other which negate each other due to their respective affluence. The situation of this kind of power compromise results in putting limits upon and reining in the rule of all such states by reducing their individual power and potential affluence. Thus it is a rule of their own creation that they are also unwillingly subject to. Comparisons have been drawn between 'negarchy' and natural law

Natural law

Natural law, or the law of nature , is any system of law which is purportedly determined by nature, and thus universal. Classically, natural law refers to the use of reason to analyze human nature and deduce binding rules of moral behavior. Natural law is contrasted with the positive law Natural...

 structures as well as with intranational markets. Negarchy is described as being a form of governing between "anarchy and hierarchy".

See also

• Separation of powers
  Separation of powers
  The separation of powers, often imprecisely used interchangeably with the trias politica principle, is a model for the governance of a state. The model was first developed in ancient Greece and came into widespread use by the Roman Republic as part of the unmodified Constitution of the Roman Republic...
  
  
• Anarchy in international relations
  Anarchy in international relations
  Anarchy in International Relations is a concept in International Relations theory holding that the world system is leaderless: there is no universal sovereign or worldwide government. There is thus no hierarchically superior, coercive power that can resolve disputes, enforce law, or order the...
  
  
• Balance of power in international relations
  Balance of power in international relations
  In international relations, a balance of power exists when there is parity or stability between competing forces. The concept describes a state of affairs in the international system and explains the behavior of states in that system...
  
  
• Complex adaptive system
  Complex adaptive system
  Complex adaptive systems are special cases of complex systems. They are complex in that they are dynamic networks of interactions and relationships not aggregations of static entities...
  
  
• Complex interdependence
  Complex interdependence
  Complex interdependence in international relations is the idea put forth by Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye that states and their fortunes are inextricably tied together. The concept of economic interdependence was popularized through the work of Richard N. Cooper...
  
  
• Coopetition
  Coopetition
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