Policies and Policy Processes of the European Union

Laurie Buonanno is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo State College and Director of the Institute for European Union Studies at SUNY. She is co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of European Public Policies.Neill Nugent is Emeritus Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He has been a Lifetime Achievement Award Winner of the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES). His books include The Government and Politics of the European Union, which is currently in its eight edition.

Laurie Buonanno and Neill Nugent’s much-awaited second edition is both highly accessible and informative, providing a great deal of clarity to the often complex world that is the EU’s policy process. Read this book and learn from two of the most knowledgeable experts on the intricacies of both the theoretical and practical aspects of policy-making.

• Introduction. 1. The Policy Portfolio. 2. Traditional and Critical Theoretical Approaches. 3. The Federal Integration Approach. 4. The Principal Policy Institutions. 5. Other Important Policy Actors. 6. Key Features of Policy Processes. 7. The Policy Cycle. 8. Policy-making Modes. 9. The Internal Market. 10. Competition Policy. 11. Agriculture Policy. 12. Environment Policy. 13. Social and Cohesion Policies. 14. Economic and Monetary Union. 15. The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. 16. Migration and Border control Policies. 17. Trade Policy. 18. Foreign and External Security Policy. 19. The EU’s Budget. 20. Conclusions and Future Challenges.