Mark A. Pollack is Professor and Jean Monnet Chair in the Department of Political Science at Temple University, where he teaches classes in international relations, international law, and European Union Politics. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1995, and has previously taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. His research agenda focuses on the promise and limits of international cooperation, with special attention to the European Union, the delegation of powers to supranational organizations, the politics of international law, and transatlantic relations between the United States and the European Union.Prof. Pollack is the author of two books: The Engines of European Integration: Delegation, Agency and Agenda Setting in the European Union (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003), and, with Gregory C. Shaffer, When Cooperation Fails: The International Law and Politics of Genetically Modified Foods (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009).He is also the editor or co-editor of six books, including most recently The Handbook of European Union Politics (with Knud Erik Jorgensen and Ben Rosamond, New York: Sage Publications 2009), and Policy-Making in the European Union, 6th edition (with Helen and William Wallace, New York: Oxford University Press 2010), as well as several dozen journal articles and book chapters.Prof. Pollack was designated by the European Union as Jean Monnet Chair in 2009, and he serves as co-director of the Penn-Temple European Studies Colloquium. He is currently working, with Prof. Jeffrey Dunoff of Temple Law School, on an edited volume, International Law and International Relations, to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2012.

Overall, the Handbook of European Union Politics is a most useful book that can be highly recommended. A strong analytical framework coupled with unparalleled coverage of the major issues of the political science research of the EU makes this volume a formidable tool for teaching and a significant input to new scholarly research. It is both relatively sophisticated and very accessible to graduate students and advanced researchers. The clear writing style and the richness of information presented will certainly make this book interesting for non-academic readers.IGOR VIDACAKInstitute for International Relations, Zagreb

• PART ONE: PROCESS: THEORIZING EUROPEAN INTEGRATIONOverview - Ben RosamondAn Intellectual History of EU StudiesRationalist Approaches to European Integration - Mark A PollackConstructivist Approaches to European Integration - Jeffrey CheckelCritical Approaches - Ian MannersHistorical, Legal, Economic and Sociological Perspectives on EU Politics - Alan S Milward, Ramses Wessel, Adrian Favell, Patrick Crowley and David MayesPART TWO: THE EU AS POLITYOverview - Simon HixThe EU as a Polity (I)Overview - Markus JachtenfuchsThe EU as a Polity (II)Legislative Politics - Gail McElroyExecutive Politics - Jonas TallbergJudicial Politics - Lisa ConantOrganized Interests in the European Union - Jeremy RichardsonPolitical Parties in the European Union - Tapio RaunioPolitical Communication, Political Socialization, and Public Opinion - Leonard RayConstitutional Politics - Dario Castiglione and Justus SchoenlauThe EU and Comparative Federalism - Kalypso Nicolaidis and R. Daniel KelemenPolitical Theory - Andreas FøllesdalPhilosophy and EU PoliticsPART THREE: POLITICS AND POLICY-MAKING IN THE EUOverview - Helen Wallace and William WallaceThe European Union, Politics, and Policy-MakingThe Study of Fiscal and Monetary Policy - Mark HallerbergThe Politics of Regulation and the Internal Market - Alasdair YoungThe Politics of Redistribution - Ian BacheGreen Politics and Environmental Policy - Andrea LenschowGender - Elizabeth PruglThe Politics of EU Domestic Order - Andrew Geddes(3rd Pillar business)New Forms of Governance in the European Union - Martin Rhodes and Manuele CitiThe EU and Domestic Politics - Tanja Börzel and Thomas RisseFrom Implementation to EuropeanizationPART FOUR: THE EU AND THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMOverview - Knud Erik JørgensenThe Union as a Global ActorThe Union and International Political Economy - Michael SmithTrade, Aid, and Monetary PolicyEuropean Foreign Policy - Walter CarlsnaesThe `European and Universal Process′? - Alex WarleighThe EU, Comparative Regionalism and Global Governance

Mark A. Pollack is Professor and Jean Monnet Chair in the Department of Political Science at Temple University, where he teaches classes in international relations, international law, and European Union Politics. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1995, and has previously taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. His research agenda focuses on the promise and limits of international cooperation, with special attention to the European Union, the delegation of powers to supranational organizations, the politics of international law, and transatlantic relations between the United States and the European Union.Prof. Pollack is the author of two books: The Engines of European Integration: Delegation, Agency and Agenda Setting in the European Union (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003), and, with Gregory C. Shaffer, When Cooperation Fails: The International Law and Politics of Genetically Modified Foods (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009).He is also the editor or co-editor of six books, including most recently The Handbook of European Union Politics (with Knud Erik Jorgensen and Ben Rosamond, New York: Sage Publications 2009), and Policy-Making in the European Union, 6th edition (with Helen and William Wallace, New York: Oxford University Press 2010), as well as several dozen journal articles and book chapters.Prof. Pollack was designated by the European Union as Jean Monnet Chair in 2009, and he serves as co-director of the Penn-Temple European Studies Colloquium. He is currently working, with Prof. Jeffrey Dunoff of Temple Law School, on an edited volume, International Law and International Relations, to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2012.

Overall, the Handbook of European Union Politics is a most useful book that can be highly recommended. A strong analytical framework coupled with unparalleled coverage of the major issues of the political science research of the EU makes this volume a formidable tool for teaching and a significant input to new scholarly research. It is both relatively sophisticated and very accessible to graduate students and advanced researchers. The clear writing style and the richness of information presented will certainly make this book interesting for non-academic readers.IGOR VIDACAKInstitute for International Relations, Zagreb

• PART ONE: PROCESS: THEORIZING EUROPEAN INTEGRATIONOverview - Ben RosamondAn Intellectual History of EU StudiesRationalist Approaches to European Integration - Mark A PollackConstructivist Approaches to European Integration - Jeffrey CheckelCritical Approaches - Ian MannersHistorical, Legal, Economic and Sociological Perspectives on EU Politics - Alan S Milward, Ramses Wessel, Adrian Favell, Patrick Crowley and David MayesPART TWO: THE EU AS POLITYOverview - Simon HixThe EU as a Polity (I)Overview - Markus JachtenfuchsThe EU as a Polity (II)Legislative Politics - Gail McElroyExecutive Politics - Jonas TallbergJudicial Politics - Lisa ConantOrganized Interests in the European Union - Jeremy RichardsonPolitical Parties in the European Union - Tapio RaunioPolitical Communication, Political Socialization, and Public Opinion - Leonard RayConstitutional Politics - Dario Castiglione and Justus SchoenlauThe EU and Comparative Federalism - Kalypso Nicolaidis and R. Daniel KelemenPolitical Theory - Andreas FøllesdalPhilosophy and EU PoliticsPART THREE: POLITICS AND POLICY-MAKING IN THE EUOverview - Helen Wallace and William WallaceThe European Union, Politics, and Policy-MakingThe Study of Fiscal and Monetary Policy - Mark HallerbergThe Politics of Regulation and the Internal Market - Alasdair YoungThe Politics of Redistribution - Ian BacheGreen Politics and Environmental Policy - Andrea LenschowGender - Elizabeth PruglThe Politics of EU Domestic Order - Andrew Geddes(3rd Pillar business)New Forms of Governance in the European Union - Martin Rhodes and Manuele CitiThe EU and Domestic Politics - Tanja Börzel and Thomas RisseFrom Implementation to EuropeanizationPART FOUR: THE EU AND THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMOverview - Knud Erik JørgensenThe Union as a Global ActorThe Union and International Political Economy - Michael SmithTrade, Aid, and Monetary PolicyEuropean Foreign Policy - Walter CarlsnaesThe `European and Universal Process′? - Alex WarleighThe EU, Comparative Regionalism and Global Governance

Mark A. Pollack is Professor and Jean Monnet Chair in the Department of Political Science at Temple University, where he teaches classes in international relations, international law, and European Union Politics. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1995, and has previously taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. His research agenda focuses on the promise and limits of international cooperation, with special attention to the European Union, the delegation of powers to supranational organizations, the politics of international law, and transatlantic relations between the United States and the European Union.Prof. Pollack is the author of two books: The Engines of European Integration: Delegation, Agency and Agenda Setting in the European Union (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003), and, with Gregory C. Shaffer, When Cooperation Fails: The International Law and Politics of Genetically Modified Foods (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009).He is also the editor or co-editor of six books, including most recently The Handbook of European Union Politics (with Knud Erik Jorgensen and Ben Rosamond, New York: Sage Publications 2009), and Policy-Making in the European Union, 6th edition (with Helen and William Wallace, New York: Oxford University Press 2010), as well as several dozen journal articles and book chapters.Prof. Pollack was designated by the European Union as Jean Monnet Chair in 2009, and he serves as co-director of the Penn-Temple European Studies Colloquium. He is currently working, with Prof. Jeffrey Dunoff of Temple Law School, on an edited volume, International Law and International Relations, to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2012.

Overall, the Handbook of European Union Politics is a most useful book that can be highly recommended. A strong analytical framework coupled with unparalleled coverage of the major issues of the political science research of the EU makes this volume a formidable tool for teaching and a significant input to new scholarly research. It is both relatively sophisticated and very accessible to graduate students and advanced researchers. The clear writing style and the richness of information presented will certainly make this book interesting for non-academic readers.IGOR VIDACAKInstitute for International Relations, Zagreb

• PART ONE: PROCESS: THEORIZING EUROPEAN INTEGRATIONOverview - Ben RosamondAn Intellectual History of EU StudiesRationalist Approaches to European Integration - Mark A PollackConstructivist Approaches to European Integration - Jeffrey CheckelCritical Approaches - Ian MannersHistorical, Legal, Economic and Sociological Perspectives on EU Politics - Alan S Milward, Ramses Wessel, Adrian Favell, Patrick Crowley and David MayesPART TWO: THE EU AS POLITYOverview - Simon HixThe EU as a Polity (I)Overview - Markus JachtenfuchsThe EU as a Polity (II)Legislative Politics - Gail McElroyExecutive Politics - Jonas TallbergJudicial Politics - Lisa ConantOrganized Interests in the European Union - Jeremy RichardsonPolitical Parties in the European Union - Tapio RaunioPolitical Communication, Political Socialization, and Public Opinion - Leonard RayConstitutional Politics - Dario Castiglione and Justus SchoenlauThe EU and Comparative Federalism - Kalypso Nicolaidis and R. Daniel KelemenPolitical Theory - Andreas FøllesdalPhilosophy and EU PoliticsPART THREE: POLITICS AND POLICY-MAKING IN THE EUOverview - Helen Wallace and William WallaceThe European Union, Politics, and Policy-MakingThe Study of Fiscal and Monetary Policy - Mark HallerbergThe Politics of Regulation and the Internal Market - Alasdair YoungThe Politics of Redistribution - Ian BacheGreen Politics and Environmental Policy - Andrea LenschowGender - Elizabeth PruglThe Politics of EU Domestic Order - Andrew Geddes(3rd Pillar business)New Forms of Governance in the European Union - Martin Rhodes and Manuele CitiThe EU and Domestic Politics - Tanja Börzel and Thomas RisseFrom Implementation to EuropeanizationPART FOUR: THE EU AND THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMOverview - Knud Erik JørgensenThe Union as a Global ActorThe Union and International Political Economy - Michael SmithTrade, Aid, and Monetary PolicyEuropean Foreign Policy - Walter CarlsnaesThe `European and Universal Process′? - Alex WarleighThe EU, Comparative Regionalism and Global Governance