The European Union Explained, Second Edition: Institutions, Actors, Global Impact

✍ Scribed by Andreas Staab

Publisher: Indiana University Press
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 232
Edition: 2
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This brief and accessible introduction to the European Union is ideal for scholars and professionals in government, business, the media, or the nonprofit sector who need a concise overview of the structure, history, and policies of the EU. This new edition also provides useful background reading for advanced high school and college courses and for those planning overseas study, work, or research. Andreas Staab offers basic terms and interpretive frameworks for understanding the evolution of the EU; the overall structure, purpose, and mandate of its main constituent divisions; and key policy areas, such as market unification. The entire text has been thoroughly updated to incorporate information about key actors, terms, and new developments, and a new chapter on environmental policy has been added.

✦ Table of Contents

The European Union Explained, 2nd Edition......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 14
List of Acronyms......Page 16
List of Tables......Page 20
1 Parameters of European Integration......Page 24
2 Enlargement......Page 52
3 The European Commission......Page 68
4 The European Council......Page 75
5 The Council of Ministers......Page 80
6 The European Parliament......Page 86
7 The European Court of Justice......Page 95
8 Checks and Balances......Page 103
9 The Single Market and Competition......Page 112
10 Regional Policy and Cohesion......Page 125
11 The Common Agricultural Policy......Page 135
12 Economic and Monetary Union......Page 147
13 Justice and Home Affairs......Page 162
14 Common Foreign and Security Policy......Page 172
15 Trade and the Common Commercial Policy......Page 182
16 Environment......Page 191
Conclusion......Page 198
Notes......Page 202
Bibliography......Page 220
Index......Page 224

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