Abstract:
A text that covers both EU theories and the EU institutions, alongside material on the key policies, issues and debate. This text is an invaluable resource that provides students with a solid foundation in the subject.
In the third edition Michelle Cini has added to the team of international specialists. Divided into five parts: The historical context; Theories and conceptual approaches; Institutions and actors; Policy and policy-making in the EU; Issues and debates, the book providese comprehensive coverage of a demanding subject area.
The new edition includes two new chapters on Enviornmental Policy and Policy-Making in the EU.
Contents:
1. Introduction - Michelle Cini & Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan
Part One: The Historical Context
2. The European Community: From 1945 to 1985 - Derek Urwin
3. The European Union: Establishment and Development - David Phinnemore
4. From the Constitutional Treaty to the Treaty of Lisbon - Clive Church & David Phinnemore
Part Two: Theories and Conceptual Approaches
5. Neo-functionalism - Carsten Stroby-Jensen
6. Intergovernmentalism - Michelle Cini
7. New theories of European Integration - Ben Rosamond
Part Three: Institutions and Actors
8. The European Commission - Morten Egeberg
9. The Council of the European Union - Jeffrey Lewis
10. The European Parliament - Roger Scully
11. The Courts of the European Union - Illias Kapsis
12. Interest Groups and the European Union - Rainer Eising
Part Four: Policies and Policy Making
13. Policy Making in the European Union - Alex Warleigh-Lack & Ralf Drachenberg
14. European Union External Relations - Mike Smith
15. From CFSP to ESDP: the EU's Foreign, Security, and Defence Policies - Robert Dover
16. The Single Market - Michelle Egan
17. The EU's Social Dimension - Gerda Falkner
18. Regional Europe - Marco Brunazzo
19. Justice and Home Affairs - Emek Ucarer
20. Economic and Monetary Union - Amy Verdun
21. The Common Agricultural Policy - Eve Fouilleux
22. Environmental Policy - Andy Jordan & David Benson
Part Five: Issues and Debates
23. Europe's Contested Democracy - Dimitris Chryssochoou
24. Public Opinion and the EU - Lauren McLaren
25. Europeanization - Tanja Boerzel & Diana Panke
26. Enlargement - Ian Barnes & Pamela Barnes
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