Description
Book SynopsisNew edition of this acclaimed introduction to the EU and its major policy areas.
Trade Review'A clear and compact oversight of the working of the different policy areas of the European Union' -- Dusnieuws
'This critical guide to the EU is an attempt to explain how the EU really works from the euro and CAP to qualified majority voting and foreign policy. It draws both on experience and on research from an impressively wide range of sources' -- Tom Easton, LOBSTER
'McGiffen writes with great clarity and an accessible prose style. He includes the key facts, but is concise enough to ensure that he is never boring' -- Roger Helmer, These Tides
'Gives voice to a kind of criticism of the EU largely marginalised in the political debate' -- Millennium, Journal of International Studies
Table of ContentsPreface
Abbreviations and Acronyms
1 Introduction to the 2nd Edition
2 The Treaties
3 The Institutions
4 How the European Union makes law
5 Enlargement
6 The Common Foreign and Security Policy
7 Citizenship, Justice and Home Affairs
8 Monetary Policy
9 The Internal Market
10 External Economic Relations
11 Employment and Social Policy
12 The Environment and Public Health
13 The Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy
14 Transport
15 Regional Policy
16 Industrial Policy and Energy
17 The proposed European Constitution and beyond: What future for the European Union?
18 Conclusion
Notes
Recommended Reading
Index
