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Guide to the European Union, Ninth Edition (Economist Series) [Hardcover]

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1861979304 978-1861979308 July 27, 2005 9th
This revised and updated edition of the best-selling guide to the workings of the European Union is invaluable for anyone who wants to understand how the EU has developed and how it works:
  • How the institutions and committees work both in theory and in practice
  • Where the money for the EU comes from and where it goes
  • Facts and figures about the bureaucracy
  • The single market and what it means for business
  • The effects and implications of monetary and economic union and a single currency
  • The political considerations that will determine the character and size of the European Union in the future.
  • Every sphere of EU activity from workers' and women's rights to fishing and farming

Now in its ninth edition, The Economist Guide to the European Union is well established as the most clear and comprehensive guide to how the EU operates. For everyone who lives and works in the EU—and for others who do business with EU countries—there is no better source of reference.


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"Guide to the European Unionunlike many others—is addressed not just to specialists but to 'lay people.' It is characteristically written in a clear and accessible style."
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This completely updated tenth edition of the much-acclaimed guide to the EU is in four parts and contains 39 chapters.

The background

The origins

Evolution

Treaties

The institutions

The Commission

The Council of Ministers

The European Council

The European Parliament

The Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions

The Court of Justice

The Court of Auditors

The European Investment Bank

Other EU bodies

The bureaucracy: facts, figures and costs

The competences

Agriculture

Aid and development

Citizens’ rights and symbolism

Competition policy

Consumers

Culture and the media

Economic and financial policy

Education

Energy

Environment

Financing the Union

Fisheries

Foreign, defence and security policy

Justice and home affairs

Regional policy

Research and new industries

Social policy

Taxation

The single market

Trade

Transport

Women’s rights

Workers’ rights

Special problems

Enlargement

The UK and the Union

The future  --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 342 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomberg Press; 9th edition (July 27, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1861979304
  • ISBN-13: 978-1861979308
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,023,183 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, September 10, 2010
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I've started studying law and needed a quick refresher on the European Union.. this book did the trick. It explains everything in a quick and easy to understand way. not tedious and boring like other EU books.. would highly reccomend to anyone who is just interested in how it all works, the history etc
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Nice to read, but..., February 18, 2007
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This review is from: Guide to the European Union, Ninth Edition (Economist Series) (Hardcover)
It explains very well how everything happened, in other words it has a nice storyline. But it doesn't go into details; for that one should use Moussis' books. But those are not properly updated. 'Is there ever a good book' as one of my former professors said?
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3.0 out of 5 stars Guide to the European Union, Ninth Edition, June 6, 2010
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This book provides a fairly comprehensive and readable introduction to the history and institutions of the European Union. But readers should beware that this book is now in its Tenth Edition (Jan. 2010). The Ninth Edition offered here is in many ways obsolete given the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty.
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