Ever Closer Union is a uniquely comprehensive and genuinely interdisciplinary introduction to the history and political development of the European Union, its institutions and key policies and the main challenges it faces in the twenty-first century. Fully revised and updated throughout, to take account of enlargement and the development of the new EU Constitution the book retains the exceptionally accessible and lively style which previous editions so successful and popular.
Table of contents:
PART 1: HISTORY
Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Integration, 1945-1957
Uncertain Terrain, 1958-1972
A Community in Flux, 1973-1984
From European Community to European Union, 1985-1993
The European Union: Enlargement
The European Union: Constitutional Change
PART 2: INSTITUTIONS
The Commission
The European Council and the Council of Ministers
The European Parliament
Other Institutions and Bodies
Decision-making and Inter-Institutional Dynamics
PART 3: POLICIES
Agriculture and Cohesion
Economic Integration: Growth and Competitiveness
Social Policy, Employment, and the Environment
Monetary Union
External Economic Relations
Internal and External Security
US-EU Relations
Table of contents:
PART 1: HISTORY
Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Integration, 1945-1957
Uncertain Terrain, 1958-1972
A Community in Flux, 1973-1984
From European Community to European Union, 1985-1993
The European Union: Enlargement
The European Union: Constitutional Change
PART 2: INSTITUTIONS
The Commission
The European Council and the Council of Ministers
The European Parliament
Other Institutions and Bodies
Decision-making and Inter-Institutional Dynamics
PART 3: POLICIES
Agriculture and Cohesion
Economic Integration: Growth and Competitiveness
Social Policy, Employment, and the Environment
Monetary Union
External Economic Relations
Internal and External Security
US-EU Relations