Systematically revised and rewritten throughout and updated to cover the impact of EU enlargement, this text analyzes the EU as a political system using the methods of comparative political science.
Contents:
Introduction: Explaining the EU Political System
Part I: Government; Executive Politics; Legislative Politics; Judicial Politics
Part II: Politics; Public Opinion; Democracy, Parties and Elections; Interest Representation
Part III: Policy-Making; Regulation of the Single Market; Expenditure Policies; Economic and Monetary Union; Citizen Freedom and Security Policies; Foreign Policies; Conclusions: Rethinking the European Union; Appendix: Decision-making Procedures of the European Union; Bibliography
