Table of Contents

Part 1 Theoretical and Historical Perspectives 1. Policy-making in the EU 2. The Development of the European Ideas 3. Integration Theory and the Study of the European Policy Process Part 2 Agenda-setting and Institutional Processing 4. Agenda Setting in the EU 5. A Maturing Bureaucracy? 6. Parliaments and Policy-making 7. Council of Ministers 8. The National Co-ordination of European Policy-making 9. The Court of Justice and the European Policy Process Part 3 Channels of Representation 10. European Elections and the European Voter 11. The Logic of Organisation 12. By-passing the Nation State? Part 4 A Supranational State? 13. Enlarging the EU 14. The EU as an International Actor 15. European Regulation 16. Monetary Union and Integration 17. Eroding EU Policies 18. Democracy and Accountability in the EU

About the Author

Jeremy J Richardson is Professor of European Public Policy at the University of Essex and the author of a considerable body of work on the European policy process. He is the founder and editor of the Journal of European Public Policy

Reviews

"'A textbook which can be highly recommended for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of the EU.' - Simon Bulmer, Political Studies; 'An excellent overview of the present state of theoretical and empirical understanding of the EU policy process.' - Wyn Grant, The European Union; 'An extremely useful and well-documented guide to the policy process in the EU.' - Rob Sykes, Journal of Social Policy; 'An excellent collection of authors.' - Nick Aylott, Keele University;"