Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviations
List of boxes
List of charts
List of illustrations
List of maps
1: What the EU is for
2: How the EU was made
3: How the EU is governed
4: Single market, single currency
5: Agriculture, regions, budget: conflicts over who gets what
6: Social policy, environmental policy
7: 'An area of freedom, security and justice'
8: A great civilian power...and more, or less?
9: The EU and the rest of Europe
10: The EU in the world
11: Much accomplished...but what next?
References
Further reading
Glossary
Index

About the Author

Simon Usherwood is Reader in Politics at the University of Surrey, where he specialises in the study of euroscepticism, and in UK-EU relations. As well as publishing widely in these areas, he has also been a frequent contributor to public debate, through the media, social media and numerous public speaking events. Since 2016, he has been a Senior Fellow of the 'UK in a Changing Europe' programme. John Pinder was Honorary Professor at the College of Europe, and
Chairman of the Federal Trust, London. He was the author of The Building of the European Union (Third edition, OUP, 1998).

Reviews

This slim little volume is quite simply the best place to start for anyone who aspires to understand the European Union.
*Professor Anand Menon, Kings College and Director, UK in a Changing Europe*