(eBook PDF) Politics in the European Union 3rd Edition – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 0199544816
- ISBN-13 : 978-0199544813
- Author: Ian Bache, Stephen George , Simon Bulmer
With new chapters on the Lisbon Treaty, environmental policy, and freedom, security and justice, the third edition of Politics in the European Union is fully up-to-date, and remains an essential textbook for students of EU Politics.
Four sections on the theories of integration, the history, institutions, and policies of the European Union, provide a comprehensive and well-balanced introduction to the subject to suit all course structures. Theoretical concepts are covered in particular detail, and integrated throughout the text to encourage students to draw links between the EU in theory and in practice. An accessible writing style, combined with a variety of helpful learning features make this the ideal textbook for all students of European Union Politics, including those coming to the subject for the first time.
Table of contents:
Part I. Setting the Scene: Origins, Analytical Perspectives and Institutions
1. The historical development of the EU
2. Analysing the EU
3. The institutional framework
4. Legislation and decision-making: putting the institutional puzzle together
Part II. Key Actors in EU Politics: Citizens, Interest Groups and Political Parties
5. Public opinion and political participation
6. Interest groups and interest representation
7. Political parties and the European Parliament
Part III. EU Policies: Agenda-Setting, Decision-Making and Implementation
8. An overview of EU policy-making
9. Agenda-setting
10. Decision-making
11. Implementing policies
Conclusions and Reflections
12. Reflecting on the EU as a political system
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