Edited by Samuel B.H. Faure, Associate Professor of Political Science, UCLouvain, Belgium and Christian Lequesne, Center for International Studies (CERI), Sciences Po, France

‘The Elgar Companion to the European Union is an impressive volume on the state-of-the-art in EU studies. It offers deep insights into the core contributions of scholarship on the EU, past and present, with major scholars addressing key topics of importance, from theories and methods to democratic governance, market regulation, and global issues in a full range of policy areas. This is certain to become the go-to source on what the EU is and how it works.’

• Contents:1 Introduction: Understanding the European Union in the 21st century 1Samuel B. H. Faure and Christian LequesnePART I THEORIES AND CONCEPTS2 Grand theories of integration: Neofunctionalism, intergovernmentalismand constructivism 13Sabine Saurugger3 Institutionalism 27Simon Bulmer4 The European Union in search for legitimization: Theories and practices 37François Foret5 Demoicratic theory: Bridging positive, critical and normativeapproaches to European studies 48Kalypso Nicolaïdis and Ulrike LiebertPART II APPROACHES AND METHODS6 European integration history: Beyond the Milward vs. federalism debate 68Laurent Warlouzet7 Law and the European Union 82Lola Avril8 Sociology and the European Union 93Céleste Bonnamy and Hugo Canihac9 International political economy and the European Union 108Mark Copelovitch and Stefanie Walter10 Qualitative research on the European Union: What interviews andobservatory participation bring to the party 122Thibaut Joltreau and Andy Smith11 Quantitative analyses of the European Union 133Thomas Laloux and Cal Le GallPART III GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRACY12 EU institutional governance 146Olivier Costa13 Member states: The fundamental dilemma of the masters of treaties –Erosion or rescue of the nation state? 157Aline Bartenstein and Wolfgang Wessels14 Interest groups 171Marcel Hanegraaff and Joost Berkhout15 Political parties 182Laurie Beaudonnet16 Citizens 194Virginie Van Ingelgom17 Brexit 209Benjamin MartillPART IV MARKET AND REGULATION18 The single market 224Alison J. Harcourt and Claudio M. Radaelli19 Economic and monetary policies 235Dora Piroska20 The Common Agricultural Policy: Still the elephant in the room? 248Gerry Alons and Pieter Zwaan21 Cohesion policy 258Peter Berkowitz22 Social and health policies 271Amandine Crespy23 Gender equality policy 285Sophie JacquotPART V WORLD AND GLOBAL ISSUES24 Trade policy 298Guri Rosen25 Energy policy 310Samuel R. Schubert26 Environmental policy 325Viviane Gravey27 Migration and asylum policy 335Sandra Lavenex28 Security and defence policy 344Jolyon Howorth29 Foreign policy 354Ulrich Krotz, Lucas Schramm and Katharina WolfIndex

Edited by Samuel B.H. Faure, Associate Professor of Political Science, UCLouvain, Belgium and Christian Lequesne, Center for International Studies (CERI), Sciences Po, France

‘The Elgar Companion to the European Union is an impressive volume on the state-of-the-art in EU studies. It offers deep insights into the core contributions of scholarship on the EU, past and present, with major scholars addressing key topics of importance, from theories and methods to democratic governance, market regulation, and global issues in a full range of policy areas. This is certain to become the go-to source on what the EU is and how it works.’

• Contents:1 Introduction: Understanding the European Union in the 21st century 1Samuel B. H. Faure and Christian LequesnePART I THEORIES AND CONCEPTS2 Grand theories of integration: Neofunctionalism, intergovernmentalismand constructivism 13Sabine Saurugger3 Institutionalism 27Simon Bulmer4 The European Union in search for legitimization: Theories and practices 37François Foret5 Demoicratic theory: Bridging positive, critical and normativeapproaches to European studies 48Kalypso Nicolaïdis and Ulrike LiebertPART II APPROACHES AND METHODS6 European integration history: Beyond the Milward vs. federalism debate 68Laurent Warlouzet7 Law and the European Union 82Lola Avril8 Sociology and the European Union 93Céleste Bonnamy and Hugo Canihac9 International political economy and the European Union 108Mark Copelovitch and Stefanie Walter10 Qualitative research on the European Union: What interviews andobservatory participation bring to the party 122Thibaut Joltreau and Andy Smith11 Quantitative analyses of the European Union 133Thomas Laloux and Cal Le GallPART III GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRACY12 EU institutional governance 146Olivier Costa13 Member states: The fundamental dilemma of the masters of treaties –Erosion or rescue of the nation state? 157Aline Bartenstein and Wolfgang Wessels14 Interest groups 171Marcel Hanegraaff and Joost Berkhout15 Political parties 182Laurie Beaudonnet16 Citizens 194Virginie Van Ingelgom17 Brexit 209Benjamin MartillPART IV MARKET AND REGULATION18 The single market 224Alison J. Harcourt and Claudio M. Radaelli19 Economic and monetary policies 235Dora Piroska20 The Common Agricultural Policy: Still the elephant in the room? 248Gerry Alons and Pieter Zwaan21 Cohesion policy 258Peter Berkowitz22 Social and health policies 271Amandine Crespy23 Gender equality policy 285Sophie JacquotPART V WORLD AND GLOBAL ISSUES24 Trade policy 298Guri Rosen25 Energy policy 310Samuel R. Schubert26 Environmental policy 325Viviane Gravey27 Migration and asylum policy 335Sandra Lavenex28 Security and defence policy 344Jolyon Howorth29 Foreign policy 354Ulrich Krotz, Lucas Schramm and Katharina WolfIndex