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Concise and lively introduction to how the EU really works

Unique mix of academic and practitioner contributors: many of the chapters are co-written to ensure both academic and practitioner expertise

Brings the EU to life by focusing on how the EU really works, rather than on dry descriptions of processes and procedures

Carefully edited to create a fully integrated student textbook

All chapters include excellent learning aids such as key concepts boxes, 'How It Really Works' boxes, 'Compared to What' boxes, a guide to further reading, web links and discussion questions

If you want a clear, readable overview that addressses how the EU works and the most important forces driving EU policies, this is your book - it does exactly what it says on the tin!, Orla Gillen Focus: News and Views from the European Information AssociationR Feb 2003

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.

Readership: First and second year undergraduate students studying European Union Politics and European Studies.

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Contents

Part I

Background

1 Elizabeth Bomberg and Alexander Stubb: Introduction

2 Desmond Dinan: How Did We Get Here?

Part II

Major Actors

3 Elizabeth Bomberg, Laura Cram and David Martin: The EU's Institutions

4 Brigid Laffan and Alexander Stubb: Member States

5 Rory Watson and Michael Shackleton: Organized Interests and Lobbying in the EU

Part III

Policies and Policy-Making

6 Alberta Sbragia: Key Policies

7 Alexander Stubb, Helen Wallace and John Peterson: The Policy-Making Process

8 Lynn Dobson and Albert Weale: Governance and Legitimacy

Part IV

Current Issues and Trends

9 Lykke Friis: Enlargement - And Then There Were 28?

10 John Peterson and Michael E. Smith: The EU as a Global Actor

11 John Peterson, Elizabeth Bomberg and Alexander Stubb: Conclusion

252 pages