xxxix, 450 pages : 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-436) and index

Part 1: The historical context. -- The European community : from 1945 to 1985 / Derek W. Urwin -- The European Union : establishment and development / David Phinnemore -- From the Constitutional Treaty to the Treaty of Lisbon and beyond / Clive Church and David Phinnemore -- Part 2. Theories and conceptual approaches. -- Neo-functionalism / Carsten Strøby Jensen -- Intergovernmentalism / Michelle Cini -- Theorizing the European Union after integration theory / Ben Rosamond -- Governance in the European Union / Thomas Christiansen -- Europeanization / Tanja A. Börzel and Diana Panke -- Part 3. Institutions and actors. -- The European Commission / Morten Egeberg -- The Council of the European Union and the European Council / Jeffrey Lewis -- The European Parliament / Charlotte Burns -- The courts of the European Union / Ilias Kapsis -- Interest groups and the European Union / Rainer Eising and Sonja Lehringer -- Part 4. Policies and policy-making. -- Policy-making in the European Union / Alex Warleigh-Lack and Ralf Drachenberg -- EU external relations / Michael Smith -- Enlargement / Ana E. Juncos and Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán -- The European Union's foreign, security, and defence policies / Robert Dover -- The single market / Michelle Egan -- The European Union's social dimension / Gerda Falkner -- The area of freedom, security, and justice / Emek M. Uçarer -- Economic and monetary union / Amy Verdun -- The common agricultural policy / Eve Fouilleux -- Environmental policy / David Benson and Andrew Jordan -- Part 5. Issues and debates. -- Democracy and legitimacy in the European Union / Stijn Smismans -- Public opinion and the European Union / Lauren M. McLaren and Simona Guerra -- The European Union and the economic crisis / Dermot Hudson and Ewe Puetter