This best-selling textbook provides a broad-ranging but concise introduction to the EU, covering all major aspects of European integration. The revised and updated new edition includes expanded coverage of policy and policy making and of theoretical approaches to the study of the EU.

'A clear, detailed, user-friendly book.' - European Library
 
Reviews of previous editions:

'[A] very useful text...Among hundreds...about the phenomenon of European integration, this book stands out as one that really tackles the complexity of the economic, political and legal systems of the EU succinctly.' - Giedrius Surplys, Journal of European Affairs

What is the European Union?
The Idea of Europe
The Evolution of the EU
The Institutions of the EU
The Policy Process
The EU and its Citizens
Economic Policy
Improving the Quality of Life
The EU and the World

JOHN MCCORMICK is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Indianapolis campus of Indiana University, USA and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Sussex.