This new edition of Neill Nugent's widely-used and much-praised book on the European Union has been systematically revised and updated throughout. Amongst new material is a chapter on the Treaty of Nice and more extensive coverage of enlargement as well as analyses of changing and developing policy areas such as the Cotonou Agreement, the Lisbon process, and security and defence.
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Reviews of previous editions: '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 '...this is by far the best teaching text on the European Community that I have come across.' - Journal of Common Market Studies 'Thanks to its comprehensive structure, accurate and systematic approach to untangling the complexities of integration processes and structures, and insightful evaluvation of policy outcomes. It remains an invaluable reference for students, scholars and practitioners alike.' - Boyka Stefanova, Perspectives on Poltical Science Journal
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"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
"Well organized, well researched, and clearly written. [This book] 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 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Very informative, but pretty bland!,
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This review is from: Government and Politics of the European Union (Paperback)
I recently read this book for a European Politics Today class, and the teacher warned us ahead of time that it would be "hellish." It wasn't exactly hellish, but it definitely doesn't excite the reader like A Wider Europe by Michael Baun. For a pretty detailed overview of the history and workings of the European Union, this book could not be better, though.
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Excellent first book to understand the EU!,
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For anyone wanting to get a first taste of what the EU is all about, this is a 'must read' book. The contents have been carefully categorised such that the reader is gradually introduced to the various facets of the EU. I must add though that some of the topics do not go deep enough but perhaps the real aim of this book is only to get you on the right track in your journey to find out more about the EU. But nevertheless 'chapeau'.
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The European integration process was initiated and developed in Western Europe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
integrationist advance, senior national officials, suhnational levels, single currency system, interdependency theory, new financial perspective, reform rounds, enlargement round, full plenary session, comitology committees, such policy areas, own initiative reports, compulsory expenditure, assent procedure, cooperation procedure, cent turnout, large member states, treaty base, liberal intergovernmentalism, acceding states, intergovernmental basis, policy initiation, foreign policy cooperation, cohesion policy, common commercial policy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
European Council, Council of Ministers, European Parliament, Amsterdam Treaty, Maastricht Treaty, European Union, Western Europe, Nice Treaty, Constitutional Treaty, Concluding Remarks, Foreign Ministers, European Commission, Heads of Government, Court of Auditors, High Authority, Second World War, College of Commissioners, Committee of the Regions, United States, West Germany, Common Agricultural Policy, European Communities, White Paper, Council of Europe, Eastern Europe New!
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integrationist advance, senior national officials, suhnational levels, single currency system, interdependency theory, new financial perspective, reform rounds, enlargement round, full plenary session, comitology committees, such policy areas, own initiative reports, compulsory expenditure, assent procedure, cooperation procedure, cent turnout, large member states, treaty base, liberal intergovernmentalism, acceding states, intergovernmental basis, policy initiation, foreign policy cooperation, cohesion policy, common commercial policy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
European Council, Council of Ministers, European Parliament, Amsterdam Treaty, Maastricht Treaty, European Union, Western Europe, Nice Treaty, Constitutional Treaty, Concluding Remarks, Foreign Ministers, European Commission, Heads of Government, Court of Auditors, High Authority, Second World War, College of Commissioners, Committee of the Regions, United States, West Germany, Common Agricultural Policy, European Communities, White Paper, Council of Europe, Eastern Europe New!
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