The European Union / / Duncan Watts.
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748632985');The European Union is a distinctive creation. There have been several examples of countries that have forged links in ventures of mutual benefit, but in aim, method and achievement this union has gone much further than the others.From the...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 4 B/W illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Boxes
- Tables
- Maps
- Introduction
- Background information
- Section One: History
- Introduction
- 1. The drive for European unity to 1973
- 2. From Community to Union, 1973–93
- 3. Consolidating the European Union, 1993 to the present day
- 4. The movement to integration: a theoretical perspective
- Section Two: Institutions
- Introduction
- 5. Institutions of the European Union
- 6. Policy-making and law-making processes
- 7. Democracy and the European Union
- Section Three: Representation
- Introduction
- 8. Elections to the European Parliament
- 9. Political parties and the European Union
- 10. Pressure groups and the European Union
- Section Four: Policies
- Introduction
- 11. The Union budget
- 12. First-Pillar policies
- 13. Second- and Third-Pillar policies
- Section Five: Attitudes
- Introduction
- 14. Member states
- 15. Britain and Europe: a case study
- Conclusion: the state of the Union, past and present
- References
- Further reading
- Index