The Member States of the European Union (2nd edn)
Simon Bulmer and Christian Lequesne (eds)
The Member States of the European Union combines a study of individual member states with an examination of the broader process of Europeanization. Examining both sides of this ...
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1. The European Union and its Member States: An Overview
Simon Bulmer and Christian Lequesne
in The Member States of the European Union (2nd edn)
This chapter provides an overview of the European Union and its member states. It first explains why the member states matter in the EU before discussing the role of member states in the ...
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17. The European Union and the USA
Michael Smith and Rebecca Steffenson
in International Relations and the European Union (3rd edn)
This chapter examines the evolution of the European Union's relations with the United States. More specifically, it looks at the ways in which EU–US relations enter into the international ...
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European Union Politics (5th edn)
Michelle Cini and Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán
European Union Politics equips readers to understand the European Union and the topical debates and issues which surround it. Alongside comprehensive coverage of the history, ...
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10. Brexit and the Future of Two Unions
Daniel Kenealy, John Peterson, and Richard Corbett
in The European Union: How does it work? (5th edn)
This chapter considers the impact of the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) decision to leave the EU. In June 2016, the UK held a referendum on continuing its EU membership. The UK voted to leave the ...
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European Union Politics (6th edn)
Michelle Cini and Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán (eds)
European Union Politics equips readers to understand the European Union and the topical debates and issues which surround it. Alongside comprehensive coverage of the history, ...
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13. The European Commission
Ian Bache, Simon Bulmer, Stephen George, and Owen Parker
in Politics in the European Union (4th edn)
This chapter examines the European Commission’s functions and structure, along with its role in policy making. The Commission initiates legislation, may act as a mediator, manages some ...
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6. The Problem of Coherence in the European Union’s International Relations
Carmen Gebhard
in International Relations and the European Union (3rd edn)
This chapter examines the problem of coherence in the European Union's international relations. The EU consists of an extremely complex system of institutional structures. One of the ...
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10. The European Council and the Council of the European Union
Jeffrey Lewis
in European Union Politics (5th edn)
This chapter provides an overview of the elements that make up the European Council and the Council of the European Union, including the strategic, executive-like authority of the European ...
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16. The European Court of Justice
Ian Bache, Simon Bulmer, Stephen George, and Owen Parker
in Politics in the European Union (4th edn)
This chapter focuses on the European Court of Justice (ECJ), one of the three courts that make up the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU); the others are the General Court and the ...
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11. The European Council and the Council of the European Union
Jeffrey Lewis
in European Union Politics (6th edn)
This chapter examines the components that constitute the Council system: the European Council and the Council of the EU (henceforth ‘the EU Council’ or simply ‘the Council’). Together, ...
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14. The European Union: A Constitutional Order in the Making
Berthold Rittberger
in Origins and Evolution of the European Union (2nd edn)
This chapter examines how the European Union acquired distinctive constitution-like features. It begins with a discussion of three routes to constitutionalization: the first is through ...
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5. Governance Approaches
B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre
in European Integration Theory (2nd edn)
This chapter examines the European Union’s capacity to govern effectively. It argues that the creation of governance capacity for the institutions within the EU is the goal of much of the ...
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8. EU Expansion and Wider Europe
Graham Avery
in The European Union: How does it work? (4th edn)
This chapter focuses on the expansion of the European Union and the widening of Europe. Enlargement is often seen as the EU's most successful foreign policy. It has extended prosperity, ...
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The European Union: How does it work? (4th edn)
Daniel Kenealy, John Peterson, and Richard Corbett (eds)
The European Union: How does it work? provides an introduction to the European Union's structure and operations. Chapters cut through the complexity to explain how the EU works ...
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1. Introduction
Daniel Kenealy, John Peterson, and Richard Corbett
in The European Union: How does it work? (4th edn)
This introductory chapter discusses the practical and analytical reasons for studying the European Union. It also considers some of the main conceptual approaches to understanding the EU: ...
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4. Member States
Brigid Laffan
in The European Union: How does it work? (4th edn)
This chapter focuses on the member states of the European Union. It first considers six factors that determine how a state engages with the EU: the date of entry, size, wealth, state ...
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11. The European Parliament
Charlotte Burns
in European Union Politics (5th edn)
This chapter examines the role of the European Parliament (EP) within the European Union's system of governance. It also considers the function and operation of the EP by focusing on three ...
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1. Introduction
Michelle Cini and Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán
in European Union Politics (5th edn)
This volume introduces the reader to European Union politics. It traces the historical evolution of the European Community from 1945 to early 2012. and examines theoretical and conceptual ...
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8. Europeanization
Tanja A. Börzel and Diana Panke
in European Union Politics (5th edn)
This chapter examines the concept of Europeanization and why it has become prominent in research on the European Union and its member states. It first explains what Europeanization means ...
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