Understanding the European Union : a concise introduction / John McCormick.

By:

McCormick, John, political scientist, 1954- [aut]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: European Union seriesPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.Edition: Sixth editionDescription: xix, 253 pages. : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

1137362324
9781137362322

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DDC classification:

337.142 MCC

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	337.142 MCC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100625673

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This best-selling textbook provides a broad-ranging but concise introduction to the EU, covering all major aspects of European integration. The revised and updated new edition takes full account of the political and economic impact of the Eurozone crisis.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

List of Boxes, Tables, Figures and Maps (p. viii)
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms (p. x)
Introduction (p. xii)
1 What is the European Union? (p. 1)
The EU in the international system (p. 2)
The dynamics of regional integration (p. 6)
Explaining the EU today (p. 13)
Federalism (p. 15)
Confederalism (p. 19)
Conclusions (p. 22)
2 The Idea of Europe (p. 24)
Europe's changing identity (p. 25)
Where is Europe? (p. 31)
What is a European? (p. 38)
Conclusions (p. 45)
3 The Evolution of the EU (p. 47)
Postwar Europe (p. 48)
First steps towards integration (1948-55) (p. 50)
The European Economic Community (1955-86) (p. 54)
Focus on the single market (1986-92) (p. 57)
From Community to Union (1992-2003) (p. 60)
To Lisbon and the eurozone crisis (2003-) (p. 63)
Conclusions (p. 70)
4 The European Institutions (p. 72)
A constitution for Europe (p. 73)
The European Council (p. 76)
The European Commission (p. 79)
The Council of the EU (p. 84)
The European Parliament (p. 87)
The European Court of Justice (p. 91)
Conclusions (p. 94)
5 The EU and its Citizens (p. 96)
Public opinion and Europe (p. 97)
Euroscepticism (p. 101)
The democratic deficit (p. 103)
The people's Europe (p. 106)
Participation and representation (p. 109)
European elections (p. 109)
Referenda (p. 113)
Interest groups (p. 114)
Other channels (p. 118)
Conclusions (p. 118)
6 The EU Policy Process (p. 120)
The changing balance of authority (p. 121)
The policy environment (p. 124)
The policy cycle (p. 128)
Problem identification and agenda-setting (p. 128)
Formulation and adoption (p. 130)
Implementation (p. 131)
Evaluation (p. 133)
Features of the policy process (p. 134)
Compromise and bargaining (p. 134)
Political games (p. 135)
Multi-speed (or differentiated) integration (p. 135)
Incrementalism (p. 136)
Spillover (p. 138)
The EU budget (p. 138)
Conclusions (p. 142)
7 Economic Policy (p. 145)
The single market (p. 146)
European business and the single market (p. 152)
Inside the eurozone (p. 159)
Conclusions (p. 167)
8 Internal Policies (p. 169)
Regional policy (p. 170)
Employment and social policy (p. 174)
Agriculture and fisheries (p. 179)
Justice and home affairs (p. 183)
Environmental policy (p. 186)
Conclusions (p. 191)
9 External Policies (p. 194)
Foreign policy (p. 195)
Security policy (p. 198)
Trade policy (p. 204)
Relations with the United States (p. 208)
Relations with the neighbourhood (p. 210)
Development cooperation (p. 214)
Conclusions (p. 216)
Conclusions (p. 218)
Appendix 1 Europe in Numbers (p. 222)
Appendix 2 A Chronology of European Integration (p. 224)
Appendix 3 Specialized Institutions of the European Union (p. 228)
Appendix 4 Sources of Further Information (p. 230)
Books (p. 230)
Periodicals and EU publications (p. 232)
Websites (p. 233)
Bibliography (p. 234)
Index (p. 248)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

John McCormick is Professor of Political Science at the Indianapolis campus of Indiana University, USA, and the author of twelve books an EU politics, comparative politics, and environmental policy.