The European Union is designed for readers from all disciplines studying the EU, its economics and policies, and the effects of economic integration. Written by a team of internationally recognized scholars, the book covers all major recent developments affecting the European Union such as the ratification of the Nice Treaty and the Convention for the Future of Europe. Its wealth of information, detail and analysis has ensured that previous editions have been read by students, researchers and professional policymakers alike. This edition contains updated chapters from new contributors on social policy, the single market, EU competition policy, and the legal dimension of the EU.
Comprehensive and up-to-date coverage Combination of theory and policy Each chapter written by a specialist in non-technical language
List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; A guide to the book; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. General introduction: the EU within the global context of regional integration Ali El-Agraa; Part I. EU History, Institutions, Legal Dimension and Basic Statistics: 2. A history of European integration and evolution of the EU Ali El-Agraa; 3. EU institutions Ali El-Agraa; 4. The legal dimension in EU integration Damian Chalmers and Luke Haasbeek; 5. The basic statistics Ali El-Agraa; Part II. Theory and Measurement of Economic Integration: 6. The theory of economic integration Ali El-Agraa; 7. Measuring the impact of economic integration Nigel Grimwade; Part III. EU Monetary Integration: 8. The theory of monetary integration David Mayes and Ali El-Agraa; 9. The development of EU economic and monetary integration David Mayes and Ali El-Agraa; 10. The operation of EMU David Mayes; Part IV. The Single European Market: 11. The economics of the single market Iain Begg and Ali El-Agraa; 12. Competition policy Wolf Sauter and Jurian Langer; 13. Industrial policy Victoria Curzon Price; 14. Tax harmonization Brian Ardy and Ali El-Agraa; 15. Transport policy Kenneth Button; 16. Energy policy and energy markets Stephen Martin and Ali El-Agraa; 17. Environmental policy Alan Marin; 18. Factor mobility David Mayes and Juha Kilponen; Part V. EU Budget and Structural Policies: 19. The general budget Brian Ardy and Ali El-Agraa; 20. The Common Agricultural Policy Ulrich Koester and Ali El-Agraa; 21. The Common Fisheries Policy Ella Ritchie and Ali El-Agraa; 22. Regional policy Harvey Armstrong; 23. Social policies Brian Ardy; Part VI. EU External Relations: 24. External trade policy Marius Brülhart and Alan Matthews; 25. The EU and the developing world Alan Matthews; Part VII. Enlargement, Success and Future of the EU: 26. Enlargement David Mayes; 27. Has the EU been successful? Ali El-Agraa; 28. The future of the EU Ali El-Agraa; References; Author index; Subject index.
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