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Ever Closer Union, 3rd edition by Desmond Dinan
  • Ever Closer Union, 3rd edition

  • An Introduction to European Integration

  • by Desmond Dinan
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    • Product code: 152729
    • ISBN: 0333961714, ISBN13: 9780333961711, 680 pages, paperback
      Published by Palgrave MacMillan on 2005 , 3rd
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    Description of Ever Closer Union, 3rd edition

    Ever Closer Union is a uniquely comprehensive and genuinely interdisciplinary introduction to the history and political development of the European Union, its institutions and key policies and the main challenges it faces in the twenty-first century. Fully revised and updated throughout, to take account of enlargement and the development of the new EU Constitution the book retains the exceptionally accessible and lively style which previous editions so successful and popular.

    Reviews

    'At last, a readable book on the European Community!' - Patricia Hogwood, Political Studies

    'A masterful examination of the history, institutions, and politics of the EU. Even seasoned Brussels watchers will find themselves surprised and enlightened by Dinan's slant on EU affairs.' - Europe

    'An essential foundation text for the study of the politics of the European Union. Ever Closer Union is a welcome introduction to the complicated and confusing study of European integration and belongs on every student's shelf.' - Cambridge Review of International Affairs

    Contents of Ever Closer Union, 3rd edition

    PART 1: HISTORY
    Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Integration, 1945-1957
    Uncertain Terrain, 1958-1972
    A Community in Flux, 1973-1984
    From European Community to European Union, 1985-1993
    The European Union: Enlargement
    The European Union: Constitutional Change

    PART 2: INSTITUTIONS
    The Commission
    The European Council and the Council of Ministers
    The European Parliament
    Other Institutions and Bodies
    Decision-making and Inter-Institutional Dynamics

    PART 3: POLICIES
    Agriculture and Cohesion
    Economic Integration: Growth and Competitiveness
    Social Policy, Employment, and the Environment
    Monetary Union
    External Economic Relations
    Internal and External Security
    US-EU Relations

    About Desmond Dinan

    DESMOND DINAN is Jean Monnet Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University, USA.

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