Ever Closer Union is a uniquely comprehensive and genuinely interdisciplinary introduction to the history and political development of the European Union, its institutions and key policies and the main challenges it faces into the twenty-first century. Fully revised and updated throughout, the book retains the exceptionally accessible and lively style which made the first edition such a popular text.
Reviews of the first edition:
'At last, a readable book on the European Community!' - Patricia Hogwood, Political Studies
'A masterful examination of the history, institutions, and policies of the EU... even seasoned Brussels watchers will find themselves surprised and enlightened by Dinan's slant on EU affairs.' Europe
'An essential foundation text for the study of the politics of the European Union...Ever Closer Union is a welcome introduction to the complicated and confusing study of European integration and belongs on every student's shelf.' Cambridge Review of International Affairs
Introduction
PART 1: HISTORY
Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Integration, 1945-1957
The Decade of De Gaulle, 1958-1969
A Community in Flux, 1969-1979
Turning the Corner, 1979-1984
The Transformation of the European Community, 1985-1988
From European Community to European Union, 1989-1993
The Emerging European Union, 1993-1999
PART II: INSTITUTIONS
The Commission
The European Council and the Council of Ministers
The European Parliament
Other Institutions and Bodies
PART III: POLICIES
The Common Agricultural Policy
The Single Market
Competition and Competitiveness
Beyond the Marketplace
Economic and Monetary Union
External Relations
US-EU Relations
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
DESMOND DINAN is associate professor in the Institute for Public Policy at George Mason University, visiting fellow at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Clingendael, and a professor at the College of Europe, Bruges. He is editor of the Encyclopedia of the European Union.
Description
Ever Closer Union is a uniquely comprehensive and genuinely interdisciplinary introduction to the history and political development of the European Union, its institutions and key policies and the main challenges it faces into the twenty-first century. Fully revised and updated throughout, the book retains the exceptionally accessible and lively style which made the first edition such a popular text.
Reviews
Reviews of the first edition:
'At last, a readable book on the European Community!' - Patricia Hogwood, Political Studies
'A masterful examination of the history, institutions, and policies of the EU... even seasoned Brussels watchers will find themselves surprised and enlightened by Dinan's slant on EU affairs.' Europe
'An essential foundation text for the study of the politics of the European Union...Ever Closer Union is a welcome introduction to the complicated and confusing study of European integration and belongs on every student's shelf.' Cambridge Review of International Affairs
Contents
Introduction
PART 1: HISTORY
Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Integration, 1945-1957
The Decade of De Gaulle, 1958-1969
A Community in Flux, 1969-1979
Turning the Corner, 1979-1984
The Transformation of the European Community, 1985-1988
From European Community to European Union, 1989-1993
The Emerging European Union, 1993-1999
PART II: INSTITUTIONS
The Commission
The European Council and the Council of Ministers
The European Parliament
Other Institutions and Bodies
PART III: POLICIES
The Common Agricultural Policy
The Single Market
Competition and Competitiveness
Beyond the Marketplace
Economic and Monetary Union
External Relations
US-EU Relations
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
Authors
DESMOND DINAN is associate professor in the Institute for Public Policy at George Mason University, visiting fellow at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Clingendael, and a professor at the College of Europe, Bruges. He is editor of the Encyclopedia of the European Union.
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