Table of Contents

1. Setting the Scene: The 'Crises', the Challenges and Their Implications for the Nature and Operation of the EU PART 1: THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION 2. The Post-War Transformation of Western Europe 3. The Creation of the European Community 4. The Deepening of the Integration Process 5. The Widening of the Integration Process PART 2: THE EVOLVING TREATY FRAMEWORK 6. From Rome to Nice 7. The Constitutional and Lisbon Treaties 8. Treaties and the Integration Process PART 3: THE INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICAL ACTORS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 9. The Commission 10. The Council of the European Union 11. The European Council 12. The European Parliament 13. European Union Law and the EU's Courts 14. Other Institutions 15. Interests 16. The Member States PART 4: POLICIES AND POLICY PROCESSES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 17. Understanding EU Policies 18. Policy Processes 19. Making and Applying EU Legislation 20. Internal Policies 21. Agricultural Policy and Policy Processes 22. External Policies 23. The Budget PART 5: STEPPING BACK AND LOOKING FORWARD 24. Conceptualising the European Union 25. Theorising European Integration and EU Politics 26. Conclusion: Present Realities and Future Prospects Chronology Guide to Further Reading Bibliography and References.

Promotional Information

With exhaustive coverage of policies, processes, institutions and treaties, this is the definitive textbook for students of EU studies. This new edition has been thoroughly updated to take in to account the ongoing developments and evolution of the EU, including the eurozone crisis, the migration crisis and Brexit. The book details the history of European integration and offers a section on key concepts and theories in EU studies.

About the Author

NEILL NUGENT is Emeritus Professor of Politics at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Reviews

Neill Nugent has once again supplied us with a definitive textbook on the institutions and politics of the European Union. However it is much more than this. It is an essential reference book for both the academic and practitioner ... [and] a masterful effort at explaining the inexplicable and at making the opaque transparent.
*Political Studies*

The book is well organized, well researched, and clearly written. It answers almost every factual question that the undergraduate is likely to ask about the existing organizational structure of the Community, and the judgements that the author offers from time to time are invariably sound and sensible.
*Government and Opposition*

Nugent manages throughout to convey the complexity of the EC system without confusing the reader. In short, it is an excellent book with which it is difficult to find fault.
*West European Politics*