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Abstract:
With its established authority and reputation, this new edition of European Union Politics is an invaluable resource. Michelle Cini has brought together a team of international contributors, each specialising in a different field of EU politics.
The book is divided into five parts and deals with the history of the European integration process, theories of European integration, the European institutions, a select number of European policy areas, and issues of relevance to the study of EU politics.
The second edition has been updated throughout to reflect recent developments, and there are four new chapters on the constitutional treaty, CFSP and ESDP, the single market, and public opinion. The book is supported by an Online Resource Centre.
Contents:
1. Introduction
PART I: THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT
2. The European Community from 1945-1985
3. Towards European Union
4. The Rise and Fall of the Constitutional Treaty
PART II: THEORIES AND CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES
5. Federalism and Federation
6. Neo-functionalism
7. Intergovernmentalism
8. New Theories of European Integration
PART III: INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS
9. The European Commission
10. The Council of the European Union
11. The European Parliament
12. The Courts of the European Union
13. Interest Groups and the European Union
PART IV: POLICIES AND POLICY-MAKING
14. European Union External Relations
15. The EU's Foreign, Security and Defense Policies
16. The Single Market
17. The EU's Social Dimension
18. Regional Europe
19. Justice and Home Affairs
20. Economic and Monetary Union
21. The Common Agricultural Policy
PART V: ISSUES AND DEBATES
22. Democracy and the European Polity
23. Public Opinion and the EU
24. Differentiated European Integration
25. Europeanization
26. Enlargement
27. Conclusion: The Future of Europe
[A third edition of this book was published in March 2010]
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