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Policies and Policy Processes of the European Union - 2nd Edition

Policies and Policy Processes of the European Union - 2nd Edition

NUGENT Neill , BUONANNO Laurie

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Summary

The dynamic and complex system of European Union policymaking is analysed in this new edition of a much-praised textbook. It offers the most integrated understanding of EU policy available. Major approaches to policymaking – including intergovernmentalism, neofunctionalism, supranationalism and critical theory – are presented and supplemented with the authors’ own theoretical model, federal integration, to create a comprehensive evaluation of the EU’s interests and actors in key policy domains. The text covers the EU’s main policy areas – including those on the single market, Economic and Monetary Union, foreign policy, migration and border control, social and regional policies, and the budget – locating them in this wider theoretical framework. As such, it is the key introduction to the subject for students of European Politics at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

  • Wide-ranging coverage of key policy areas including the single European market, Economic and Monetary Union, justice and home affairs and foreign policy
  • A detailed examination of the nature and evolution of the EU policy portfolio
  • The most detailed account of the actors in policy making, to answer why some policies are made at EU level and others have limited EU responsibility
  • Chapter structure and unifying theory aids accessibility
  • Packed with improved illustrations and boxed features
  • Extensive analysis of the crises facing the EU, and their implications

Table of contents

Introduction
1. The Policy Portfolio
2. Traditional and Critical Theoretical Approaches
3. The Federal Integration Approach
4. The Principal Policy Institutions
5. Other Important Policy Actors
6. Key Features of Policy Processes
7. The Policy Cycle
8. Policy-making Modes
9. The Internal Market
10. Competition Policy
11. Agriculture Policy
12. Environment Policy
13. Social and Cohesion Policies
14. Economic and Monetary Union
15. The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
16. Migration and Border control Policies
17. Trade Policy
18. Foreign and External Security Policy
19. The EU’s Budget
20. Conclusions and Future Challenges