This short introductory text de-mystifies the European Union's structures and operation. Blending scholarly expertise and practitioners' experience, the authors introduce and analyse the EU's key actors, processes and developments. The book's overall aim is to provide an accessible, lively introduction to how the EU works and why it matters.
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`This is an impressive book. Its strength is to explain "how EU works", especially in terms of ACTORS and POLICY-MAKING. In spite of this specific focus, this implies a comprehensive coverage. It is written in a lucid and concise way, and great for teaching purposes.' Fredrik Soderbaum, Post-doctoral research fellow, Department of Peace and Development Research, Goteborg University
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Elizabeth Bomberg is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. She has taught EU politics for many years and was awarded the Political Studies Association teaching prize for her innovative teaching. She has held research fellowships at the Centre for Policy Studies, Brussels and Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Past works include 'Decision-Making in the European Union' (with John Peterson, 1999) and 'Green Parties and Politics in the European Union' (1998). Alexander Stubb has been a member of the Group of Policy Advisers of the President of the European Commission since the summer of 2001. Previously he was Counsellor on institutional affairs at the Permanent Representation of Finland in Brussels. He was involved in both the Amsterdam and Nice negotiations. He is also Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges. He has published widely on the EU including works and journal articles on Intergovernmental Conferences, decision-making in the EU, the theory and practice of European integration and flexibility.
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Out of date and poorly written.,
This review is from: The European Union: How Does It Work? (New European Union Series) (Paperback)
Things are constantly changing in the European Union, which makes it incredibly difficult to publish and up-to-date book about it. This book is already outdated, and to top it off, it's written very poorly. The wording is vague and never to the point. It was required for a class I took, and I learned more by looking up "European Union" on Wikipedia than I ever did from this book.
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Very outdated information,
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This book was required for my Euro Politics class. The book its self was poorly written, and due to the fact that every chapter was written by different authors, the writing style changed with every chapter.
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The expanding European Union Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
intergovernmental method, policy remit, cohesion policy, coordination method, empty chair crisis, treaty reform, foreign policy coordination, large member states, liberal intergovernmentalism, external trade policy, single market programme, multilevel governance, supranational governance, accession negotiations, enlargement negotiations, more member states, applicant states, national foreign policies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
European Union, European Council, United States, Maastricht Treaty, European Commission, Cold War, European Community, Amsterdam Treaty, White Paper, Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, Treaty of Rome, European Central Bank, Nice Treaty, European Economic Community, Schuman Plan, Committee of the Regions, Commission President, Jean Monnet, Lynne Rienner, Single European Act, Supreme Court, Western Europe, Berlin Wall, Czech Republic New!
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intergovernmental method, policy remit, cohesion policy, coordination method, empty chair crisis, treaty reform, foreign policy coordination, large member states, liberal intergovernmentalism, external trade policy, single market programme, multilevel governance, supranational governance, accession negotiations, enlargement negotiations, more member states, applicant states, national foreign policies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
European Union, European Council, United States, Maastricht Treaty, European Commission, Cold War, European Community, Amsterdam Treaty, White Paper, Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, Treaty of Rome, European Central Bank, Nice Treaty, European Economic Community, Schuman Plan, Committee of the Regions, Commission President, Jean Monnet, Lynne Rienner, Single European Act, Supreme Court, Western Europe, Berlin Wall, Czech Republic New!
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- Democracy and Federalism in the European Union and the United States: Exploring Post-National Governance by Sergio Fabbrini on page 43
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