Table of Contents

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

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.

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