دانلود کتاب Understanding the European Union: A Concise Introduction (The European Union Series, 111)

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Cover
Author biography
Series
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Features
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 What is the European Union?
The EU in context
The dynamics of regional integration
Explaining the EU today
The EU as a federal system
The EU as a confederal system
Conclusions
Further Reading
2 The Idea of Europe
The origins of Europe
Early thoughts on European unity
Where is Europe?
Who are the Europeans?
Conclusions
Further Reading
3 The Evolution of the EU
Post-war Europe
First steps towards integration (1948–55)
The European Economic Community (1955–86)
Focus on the single market (1986–92)
From Community to Union (1992–2003)
The EU looks east (2003–13)
The era of crisis
Conclusions
Further Reading
4 The European Institutions
A constitution for Europe
The European Council
The European Commission
The Council of the European Union
The European Parliament
The European Court of Justice
Conclusions
Further Reading
5 The EU and its Citizens
The democratic deficit
Public opinion and the EU
Euroscepticism
European citizenship
Participation and representation
European elections
Referendums
Interest groups
Other channels
Conclusions
Further Reading
6 The EU Policy Process
The changing balance of authority
The EU policy environment
The policy cycle
Agenda-setting
Formulation
Adoption
Legitimation
Implementation
Evaluation
Features of EU policy
Compromise and bargaining
Political games
Incrementalism
Differentiated integration
Spillover
The EU budget
Conclusions
Further Reading
7 Economic Policy
The EU economy in its global context
Foundations of the single market
Effects of the single market
European business and the single market
Competition policy
Inside the euro zone
Crisis in the euro zone
Conclusions
Further Reading
8 Internal Policies
Cohesion policy
Employment and social policy
Agriculture and fisheries
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Environmental policy and climate change
Conclusions
Further Reading
9 The EU in the World
The changing global system
Foreign policy
Security and defence policy
Trade policy
Relations with the United States
Relations with the neighbourhood
Relations with China
Development cooperation
Conclusions
Further Reading
Conclusions
Appendix 1: Europe in Numbers
Appendix 2: A Chronology of European Integration
Appendix 3: Specialized Institutions of the European Union
Appendix 4: Sources of Further Information
Bibliography
Index