The European Union : politics and policies / John McCormick, Johnathan Olsen.
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Boulder, Colorado :
Westview Press,
[2014]
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I HISTORY
- 1.What Is the European Union?
- Chapter Overview
- The Role of the State
- How Did the EU Evolve?
- What Has the EU Become?
- Questions to Consider
- Further Reading
- Notes
- 2.Origins: The Road from Paris
- Chapter Overview
- The Taming of Europe
- Economic Reconstruction and the Marshall Plan
- Security and the Cold War
- Opening Moves: Coal and Steel (1950-53)
- Questions to Consider
- Further Reading
- Notes
- 3.Emergence: To the Single Market and Beyond
- Chapter Overview
- From Paris to Rome (1955-58)
- Integration Takes Root (1958-68)
- The Role of the United States
- Enlargement: Looking North and South (1960-86)
- Toward Economic and Monetary Union (1969-93)
- Completing the Single Market (1983-93)
- Questions to Consider
- Further Reading
- Notes
- 4.Consolidation and Crisis: Maastricht, Lisbon, and the Eurozone
- Chapter Overview
- From Community to Union (1970-93)
- The Euro Arrives (1995-2002)
- Changes to the Treaties: Amsterdam and Nice (1997-2001)
- Shock Waves from Iraq (2003-05)
- More Enlargement: Looking East (1994-2013)
- From Lisbon to the Eurozone Crisis (2001-)
- Questions to Consider
- Further Reading
- Notes
- pt. II INSTITUTIONS
- 5.The European Commission
- Chapter Overview
- Evolution
- Structure
- How the Commission Works
- Questions to Consider
- Further Reading
- Notes
- 6.The Council of the European Union
- Chapter Overview
- Evolution
- Structure
- How the Council Works
- Questions to Consider
- Further Reading
- Notes
- 7.The European Parliament
- Chapter Overview
- Evolution
- Structure
- How Parliament Works
- Questions to Consider
- Further Reading
- Notes
- 8.The European Court of Justice
- Chapter Overview
- Evolution
- Structure
- Sources of European Union Law
- How the Court Works
- Questions to Consider
- Further Reading
- Notes
- 9.The European Council and Other Institutions
- Chapter Overview
- Evolution
- Structure
- How the Council Works
- Specialized Agencies
- Questions to Consider
- Further Reading
- Notes
- 10.Representing Public Opinion
- Chapter Overview
- An Emerging European Identity
- Referendums
- European Elections
- Political Groups
- Interest Groups
- Questions to Consider
- Further Reading
- Notes
- pt. III POLICIES
- 11.Public Policy in the EU
- Chapter Overview
- The Policy Cycle
- Features of the Policy Process
- The Budget
- Questions to Consider
- Further Reading
- Notes
- 12.Economic and Monetary Policy
- Chapter Overview
- The Single Market and Europe 2020
- Justice and Home Affairs
- The Euro
- Questions to Consider
- Further Reading
- Notes
- 13.Cohesion and Other Internal Policies
- Chapter Overview
- Building a Level Playing Field
- Social Policy
- Education and Languages
- Questions to Consider
- Further Reading
- Notes
- 14.Agricultural and Environmental Policy
- Chapter Overview
- Agricultural Policy
- Environmental Policy
- Questions to Consider
- Further Reading
- Notes
- 15.External Relations
- Chapter Overview
- Toward a Common Foreign Policy
- Toward a Common Security Policy
- Trade Policy
- Developments in the Neighborhood: Eastern Europe and Russia
- Relations with a Rising Power: EU-China Relations
- Development Cooperation
- Questions to Consider
- Further Reading
- Notes
- 16.The EU and the United States
- Chapter Overview
- The Changing International System
- The Transatlantic Relationship
- A Litany of Disputes
- Explaining the Differences
- Questions to Consider
- Further Reading
- Notes
- Conclusions.
