Table of Contents

1: Introduction
Part One
The Historical Context
2: Derek W. Urwin: The European Community: From 1945 to 1985
3: David Phinnemore: The European Union: Establishment and Development
4: Clive Church and David Phinnemore: From the Constitutional Treaty to the Treaty of Lisbon and Beyond
Part Two
Theories and Conceptual Approaches
5: Carsten Stroby Jensen: Neo-functionalism
6: Michelle Cini: Intergovernmentalism
7: Ben Rosamond: Theorizing the EU After Integration Theory
8: Thomas Christiansen: Governance in the European Union
9: Tanja Börzel and Diana Panke: Europeanization
Part Three
Institutions and Actors
10: Morten Egeberg: The European Commission
11: Jeffrey Lewis: The Council of the European Union and the European Council
12: Charlotte Burns: The European Parliament
13: Ilias Kapsis: The Courts of the European Union
14: Rainer Eising and Sonja Lehringer: Interest Groups and the European Union
Part Four
Policy and Policy-Making in the EU
15: Alex Warleigh-Lack and Ralf Drachenberg: Policy-Making in the European Union
16: Michael Smith: European Union External Relations
17: Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán + Ana E. Juncos: Enlargement
18: Robert Dover: The EU's Foreign, Security, and Defence Policies
19: Michelle Egan: The Single Market
20: Gerda Falkner: The EU's Social Dimension
21: Emek M. Uçarer: Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice
22: Amy Verdun: Economic and Monetary Union
23: Eve Fouilleux: The Common Agricultural Policy
24: David Benson and Andrew Jordan: Environmental Policy
Part Five
Issues and Debates
25: Stijn Smismans: Democracy and Legitimacy in the EU
26: Lauren M. McLaren + Simona Guerra: Public Opinion and the EU
27: Dermot Hudson and Uwe Puetter: The EU and the Economic Crisis

About the Author

Michelle Cini is Professor of European Politics at the University of Bristol. Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán is Senior Lecturer in European Politics at the University of Bristol.