European Union Politics

1. Introduction; PART ONE: THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT; 2. The European Community: From 1945 to 1985; 3. The European Union: Establishment and Development; 4. From the Constitutional Treaty to the Treaty of Lisbon; PART TWO: THEORIES AND CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES; 5. Neo-functionalism; 6. Intergovernmentalism; 7. New theories of European Integration; PART THREE: INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS; 8. The European Commission; 9. The Council of the European Union; 10. The European Parliament; 11. The Courts of the European Union; 12. Interest Groups and the European Union; PART FOUR: POLICIES AND POLICY MAKING; 13. Policy Making in the European Union; 14. European Union External Relations; 15. From CFSP to ESDP: the EU's Foreign, Security, and Defence Policies; 16. The Single Market; 17. The EU's Social Dimension; 18. Regional Europe; 19. Justice and Home Affairs; 20. Economic and Monetary Union; 21. The Common Agricultural Policy; 22. Environmental Policy; PART FIVE: ISSUES AND DEBATES; 23. Europe's Contested Democracy; 24. Public Opinion and the EU; 25. Europeanization; 26. Enlargement