NEILL NUGENT is Emeritus Professor of Politics at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Neill Nugent has once again supplied us with a definitive textbook on the institutions and politics of the European Union. However it is much more than this. It is an essential reference book for both the academic and practitioner ... [and] a masterful effort at explaining the inexplicable and at making the opaque transparent.

• 1. Setting the Scene: The 'Crises', the Challenges and Their Implications for the Nature and Operation of the EUPART 1: THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION2. The Post-War Transformation of Western Europe3. The Creation of the European Community4. The Deepening of the Integration Process5. The Widening of the Integration ProcessPART 2: THE EVOLVING TREATY FRAMEWORK6. From Rome to Nice7. The Constitutional and Lisbon Treaties8. Treaties and the Integration ProcessPART 3: THE INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICAL ACTORS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION9. The Commission10. The Council of the European Union11. The European Council12. The European Parliament13. European Union Law and the EU's Courts14. Other Institutions15. Interests16. The Member StatesPART 4: POLICIES AND POLICY PROCESSES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION17. Understanding EU Policies18. Policy Processes19. Making and Applying EU Legislation20. Internal Policies21. Agricultural Policy and Policy Processes22. External Policies23. The BudgetPART 5: STEPPING BACK AND LOOKING FORWARD24. Conceptualising the European Union25. Theorising European Integration and EU Politics26. Conclusion: Present Realities and Future ProspectsChronologyGuide to Further ReadingBibliography and References.

NEILL NUGENT is Emeritus Professor of Politics at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Neill Nugent has once again supplied us with a definitive textbook on the institutions and politics of the European Union. However it is much more than this. It is an essential reference book for both the academic and practitioner ... [and] a masterful effort at explaining the inexplicable and at making the opaque transparent.

• 1. Setting the Scene: The 'Crises', the Challenges and Their Implications for the Nature and Operation of the EUPART 1: THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION2. The Post-War Transformation of Western Europe3. The Creation of the European Community4. The Deepening of the Integration Process5. The Widening of the Integration ProcessPART 2: THE EVOLVING TREATY FRAMEWORK6. From Rome to Nice7. The Constitutional and Lisbon Treaties8. Treaties and the Integration ProcessPART 3: THE INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICAL ACTORS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION9. The Commission10. The Council of the European Union11. The European Council12. The European Parliament13. European Union Law and the EU's Courts14. Other Institutions15. Interests16. The Member StatesPART 4: POLICIES AND POLICY PROCESSES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION17. Understanding EU Policies18. Policy Processes19. Making and Applying EU Legislation20. Internal Policies21. Agricultural Policy and Policy Processes22. External Policies23. The BudgetPART 5: STEPPING BACK AND LOOKING FORWARD24. Conceptualising the European Union25. Theorising European Integration and EU Politics26. Conclusion: Present Realities and Future ProspectsChronologyGuide to Further ReadingBibliography and References.

NEILL NUGENT is Emeritus Professor of Politics at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Neill Nugent has once again supplied us with a definitive textbook on the institutions and politics of the European Union. However it is much more than this. It is an essential reference book for both the academic and practitioner ... [and] a masterful effort at explaining the inexplicable and at making the opaque transparent.

• 1. Setting the Scene: The 'Crises', the Challenges and Their Implications for the Nature and Operation of the EUPART 1: THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION2. The Post-War Transformation of Western Europe3. The Creation of the European Community4. The Deepening of the Integration Process5. The Widening of the Integration ProcessPART 2: THE EVOLVING TREATY FRAMEWORK6. From Rome to Nice7. The Constitutional and Lisbon Treaties8. Treaties and the Integration ProcessPART 3: THE INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICAL ACTORS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION9. The Commission10. The Council of the European Union11. The European Council12. The European Parliament13. European Union Law and the EU's Courts14. Other Institutions15. Interests16. The Member StatesPART 4: POLICIES AND POLICY PROCESSES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION17. Understanding EU Policies18. Policy Processes19. Making and Applying EU Legislation20. Internal Policies21. Agricultural Policy and Policy Processes22. External Policies23. The BudgetPART 5: STEPPING BACK AND LOOKING FORWARD24. Conceptualising the European Union25. Theorising European Integration and EU Politics26. Conclusion: Present Realities and Future ProspectsChronologyGuide to Further ReadingBibliography and References.