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Beizereace wee76s4a2 DwwT ws ua Prints in chins Brief Contents Introduction Part 1_ History and Ideas Understanding Integration ‘What is the European Union? ‘Who are the Europeans? ‘Orgenizing Postwar Europe Building a Single Market Paving the Way to European Union To Lisbon and Beyond ‘The Treaties ‘The Member States Politics and Governance 1 9 n ar a2 60 7 94 12 130 46 165 10 The European Commission 167 11 The Councils 186 12 The European Parliament 203 13 The European Court of Justice 20 14 Specialized Agencies 237 15 Parties and Interest Groups 255 16 Elections and Referendums an 17 Public Opinion 288, Part3 Policies 307 18 Public Policy in the EU 309 19 Economic Policy 327 20 _ Inside the Eurozone 343, 21 Managing Resources 359 22 Cohesion Policy 375 23 Justice and Home Affairs 303 24 The EU asa Global Actor 409 25 The EU and the World 425 Conclusions 41 Full Contents Ilustrations and Features ‘Acronyms and Abbreviations Preface About the Author Photo Credits Introduction Part 1_History and Ideas 1 Understanding Integration States and nations Intemational organizations From federalism to neofunctionalism ‘The spotlight moves to governments Summary, terms and further reading 2 What is the European Union? Where to start? ‘The comparative approach Federalism Confederalism Summary, terms and further reading 3. Who are the Europeans? Whereis Europe? Understanding European identity Citizenship and patriotism Europe's changing demography Summary, terms and further reading 4 Organizing Postwar Europe Europe before the war ‘The troubled state of postwar Europe Rebuilding economies (1945-51) ‘Addressing external threats (1946-43) The Council of Europe (1946-49) 1 7 4 18 2 26 60 61 6 67 68 ‘The European Coal and Steel Community (1949-52) ‘Summary, terms and further reading ing.a Single Market Intemal and extemal shock (1950-58) ‘The European Economic Community (1955-58) The Single Market takes shape (1958-58) International developments: The nervous 1960s Enlargement tops the agenda (1960-86) Summary, terms and further reading Paving the Way to European Union First steps to monetary union (1969-92) The Single European Act (1983-93) International developments: The end of the Cold War (1989-99) The Community becomes a Union (1990-83) More enlargement (1990-95) Growing signs of a backlash Summary, terms and further reading To Lisbon and Beyond From amsterdam to Nice (19/-2002) Atval ofthe euro (1895-2002) Shockwaves from Iraq (2003-05) ‘The EU looks east (1994-2007) ‘The failed constitutional treaty (2001-05) ‘The Treaty of Lisbon Summary, terms and further reading nr %6 1” 7% a1 a7 93 95 7 100 103 107 108 m m2 13 14 116 120 13 126 129 a CONTENTS 8 The Treaties 130 Understanding the treaties 131 ‘The treaty-building epic 135 Other elements of the EU legal order 141 Summary, terms and further reading 145 ‘The Member States 146 The place of the member states vr Prospects for future enlargement 155 Summary, terms and further reading 163, Part2 Politics and Governance 165 10 u 2 ‘The European Commission 167 How the Commission evolved 168 How the Commission is structured 168, The College of Commissioners 170 The President 174 Directorates-General and Services 177 Committees 178 The Secretariat General 178 \What the Commission does 179 Powers of initiation 178 Powers of implementation 181 ‘Managing EU finances 12 External relations az Summary, terms and further reading 185 ‘The Councils 136 How the Councils evolved 187 How the Council of Ministers is structured 189 The Councils a9 The Presidency 191 Permanent Representatives 192 Working parties and committees 193, The General Secretariat 193 ‘What the Council of Ministers does, 194 ‘The European Council 196 Summary, terms and further reading 202 ‘The European Parliament 203 How Parliament evolved 204 How Parliament is structured 205 ‘Members of the European Parlament 207 B “ 16 The President Rapporteurs Secretariat Parliamentary Committees ‘What Pariiament does Powers over legislation Powers over the budget Powers over other institutions ‘Summary, terms and further reading ‘The European Court of Justice How the Court evolved How the Court is structured The judges The President The Advocates general The General Court The EU Gil Service Tebunal ‘What the Court does Preliminary rulings Direct actions Appeals and other cases The European Court of Human Rights Summary, terms and further reading ‘Specialized Agencies Financial bodies European Investment Bank European Central Bank The new financial institutions Regulatory and executive agencies Regulatory agencies Executive agencies European Police Office (Europol) Advisory bodies (Other institutions European Court of Auditors Eurocorps European Space Agency Summary, terms and further reading Parties and Interest Groups European political groups European United Left-Nordic Green Left (GUE-NGL) 209 21 212 213 214 214 217 217 219 220 221 223 224 226 228 228 23 229 231 232 233 233 236 237 238 238 239 2a 242 242 286 287 249 251 2st 252 252 254 255 256 258 CONTENTS Ee ogee inca cemeatin 28 bene 5) ze Mame gun 3 Te Cetera Sine 39 (nowt 20 _ Iran tedoacatceir 319 {Gas fel ne Dero net nape i free (8 a mayan tutrnateg trop epost fm) eepen catenin 49. eno ally ss Eurosceptics 263 ‘The outlines and limits of economic fas ze i xs Ronstced mentee ta ta = Interest groups 264 Effects of the single market 332 Sayan cineca!

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