A thoroughly revised, concise, and comprehensive introduction to the structure, institutions, and policy development of the European Union.

Table of Contents

• Tables and Illustrations
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Introduction
• PART I HISTORY
• 1 What Is the European Union?
• 2 Origins: The Road from Paris
• 3 Emergence: To the Single Market and Beyond
• 4 Consolidation and Crisis: Maastricht, Lisbon, and the Eurozone
• PART II INSTITUTIONS
• 5 The European Commission
• 6 The Council of the European Union
• 7 The European Parliament
• 8 The European Court of Justice
• 9 The European Council and Other Institutions
• 10 Representing Public Opinion
• PART III POLICIES
• 11 Public Policy in the EU
• 12 Economic and Monetary Policy
• 13 Cohesion and Other Internal Policies
• 14 Agricultural and Environmental Policy
• 15 External Relations
• 16 The EU and the United States
• Conclusions
• Glossary
• Appendix 1 Chronology of European Integration
• Appendix 2 Sources of Information