Efnisyfirlit

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright page
• Table of Contents
• Preface and Acknowledgements
• List of Figures
• List of Boxes
• List of Tables
• List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
• List of Contributors
• New to this Edition
• The EU’s Member States
• Online Resources
• Part I Background
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
    • 1.1 Introduction
      • 1.1.1 What is the EU?
      • 1.1.2 Why does it matter?
    • 1.2 Understanding the EU: Theory and Conceptual Tools
      • 1.2.1 Neofunctionalism
      • 1.2.2 Intergovernmentalism(s)
      • 1.2.3 Postfunctionalism
      • 1.2.4 Constructivist approaches
      • 1.2.5 Public policy approaches
      • 1.2.6 Different theories, different insights
    • 1.3 Themes
      • 1.3.1 Experimentation and change
      • 1.3.2 Power sharing and consensus
      • 1.3.3 Scope and capacity
    • 1.4 Chapter Layout
    • Discussion Questions
    • Further Reading
    • Web Links
  • Chapter 2 How Did We Get Here?
    • 2.1 Introduction
    • 2.2 Postwar Problems and Solutions
      • 2.2.1 The Schuman Plan
      • 2.2.2 The European Defence Community
      • 2.2.3 The European Community
    • 2.3 Consolidating the European Community
      • 2.3.1 Crisis and compromise
      • 2.3.2 The EC after De Gaulle
      • 2.3.3 A difficult decade
    • 2.4 The European Union
      • 2.4.1 Economic and Monetary Union
      • 2.4.2 Maastricht and beyond
      • 2.4.3 Enlargement and Constitution-building
      • 2.4.4 Serial crises
    • 2.5 Conclusion
    • Discussion Questions
    • Further Reading
    • Web Links
• Part II The EU: How Does It Work?
  • Chapter 3 The EU’s Institutions
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 The European Commission
      • 3.2.1 Tasks and powers
      • 3.2.2 How the Commission is organized
    • 3.3 The Council (of ministers)
      • 3.3.1 The Council presidency
      • 3.3.2 Voting in the Council
      • 3.3.3 Coreper (Committee of the Permanent Representatives)
    • 3.4 High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
    • 3.5 European Council (of Heads of State or Government)
    • 3.6 The European Parliament
      • 3.6.1 The powers of the EP
    • 3.7 Court of Justice of the European Union
    • 3.8 European Central Bank
    • 3.9 Why Institutions Matter
      • 3.9.1 Experimentation and change
      • 3.9.2 Power sharing and consensus
      • 3.9.3 Scope and capacity
    • 3.10 Conclusion
    • Discussion Questions
    • Further Reading
    • Web Links
  • Chapter 4 EU Member States
    • 4.1 Introduction
    • 4.2 Explaining Member States’ Engagement with the EU
      • 4.2.1 Liberal intergovernmentalism
      • 4.2.2 Postfunctionalism
      • 4.2.3 Visions for EU integration
    • 4.3 Decision-making: How Do Member States Shape Integration?
      • 4.3.1 Coalitions and cleavages of member states
      • 4.3.2 The rotating presidency of the Council (of ministers)
      • 4.3.3 The increasing role of the European Council in EU decision-making
    • 4.4 Conclusion
    • Discussion Questions
    • Further Reading
    • Web Links
  • Chapter 5 Policy-making in the EU
    • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.2 How It Works Formally
      • 5.2.1 Underlying principles
      • 5.2.2 Principal actors
      • 5.2.3 Key stages
    • 5.3 What Happens in Practice
      • 5.3.1 Institutional hierarchies
      • 5.3.2 Interinstitutional networks
      • 5.3.3 A variety of actors
    • 5.4 Assessing the Process
      • 5.4.1 Is the process transparent?
      • 5.4.2 Is the process efficient?
    • 5.5 Theory and Practice
    • 5.6 Conclusion
    • Discussion Questions
    • Further Reading
    • Web Links
  • Chapter 6 Democracy in the EU
    • 6.1 Introduction: Democracy beyond the State?
      • 6.1.1 Demos, democracy, and the democratic deficit
    • 6.2 Separation of Powers and Executive Accountability
    • 6.3 Elected Representation
      • 6.3.1 Dual representation
      • 6.3.2 European elections, European parties
      • 6.3.3 The role of national parliaments
      • 6.3.4 The rise (and fall?) of Spitzenkandidaten
    • 6.4 Fundamental Rights, Values, and the Rule of Law
    • 6.5 Conclusion
    • Discussion Questions
    • Further Reading
    • Web Links
• Part III The EU: What Does It Do?
  • Chapter 7 Internal Policies of the EU
    • 7.1 Introduction
    • 7.2 Policy Competences and Policy Tools
    • 7.3 Market-building Policies
      • 7.3.1 The internal (or single) market
      • 7.3.2 Competition policy
    • 7.4 Market-correcting—or ‘Cushioning’—Policies
      • 7.4.1 Common Agricultural Policy
      • 7.4.2 Cohesion policy
      • 7.4.3 Socio-economic and environmental regulation
    • 7.5 From Markets to Core State Powers
      • 7.5.1 Economic and Monetary Union
      • 7.5.2 Justice and home affairs
      • 7.5.3 Migration
    • 7.6 Conclusion
    • Discussion Questions
    • Further Reading
    • Web Links
  • Chapter 8 The EU as a Global Actor
    • 8.1 Introducing European Foreign Policy
      • 8.1.1 How it developed
      • 8.1.2 The basics
    • 8.2 The National ‘System’ of Foreign Policies
    • 8.3 The Supranational System
      • 8.3.1 Commercial (trade) policy
      • 8.3.2 Aid and development
      • 8.3.3 Externalizing internal policies
    • 8.4 The CFSP and the CSDP
    • 8.5 Theorizing the EU as a Global Actor
    • 8.6 Conclusion
    • Discussion Questions
    • Further Reading
    • Web Links
  • Chapter 9 Enlargement and Wider Europe
    • 9.1 Introduction
      • 9.1.1 Widening vs. deepening
      • 9.1.2 Enlargement as soft power
      • 9.1.3 An institutional paradox
    • 9.2 How the EU Has Expanded
      • 9.2.1 Why countries want to join
      • 9.2.2 When the EU decides to let countries in
      • 9.2.3 Recent enlargements
    • 9.3 Prospective Members and Wider Europe
      • 9.3.1 Norway, Switzerland, and Iceland
      • 9.3.2 Balkan countries
      • 9.3.3 Turkey
      • 9.3.4 Eastern European countries in the Eastern Partnership
    • 9.4 What Limits for EU Expansion?
    • 9.5 Evaluating Enlargement
    • 9.6 Leaving and Joining
    • 9.7 Conclusion
    • Discussion Questions
    • Further Reading
    • Web Links
• Part IV The EU: Where Is It Going?
  • Chapter 10 Current and Future Challenges
    • 10.1 Introduction
    • 10.2 The Challenge of Brexit
      • 10.2.1 Understanding the Brexit vote
      • 10.2.2 Negotiating the UK’s withdrawal from the EU
      • 10.2.3 The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
    • 10.3 Current Policy Challenges
      • 10.3.1 COVID-19 and the European economy
      • 10.3.2 Global climate change
      • 10.3.3 Migration, internal borders, and Schengen
      • 10.3.4 EU foreign policy
    • 10.4 Future Governance Challenges
      • 10.4.1 Capacity (decision-making and budgetary)
      • 10.4.2 Accountability (and democracy)
      • 10.4.3 Conference on the Future of Europe
    • 10.5 Conclusion
    • Discussion Questions
    • Further Reading
    • Web Links
  • Chapter 11 Conclusion
    • 11.1 Introduction
    • 11.2 Three Themes
      • 11.2.1 Experimentation and change
      • 11.2.2 Sharing power and seeking consensus
      • 11.2.3 Scope and capacity
    • 11.3 Explaining the EU
    • 11.4 Where Do We Go from Here?
      • 11.4.1 Debating the future of Europe
      • 11.4.2 How will it work?
    • 11.5 Conclusion
• Glossary
• References
• Index

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