Second Edition

The Institutions of the European Union

The 'new' European Union has been constantly evolving since the mid 1980s, and it shows no sign of standing still. Virtually the only constant is the EU's institutions, which are both unique and time-honoured after 50 years of European integration.

The institutions of the EU, individually and collectively, perform multiple tasks: providing the EU with political direction, managing policies and integrating interests.

This new edition of The Institutions of the European Union will be the key text for any reader wishing to understand the functions, powers and compositions of EU institutions. The book has been fully updated and includes a new chapter on institutional and constitutional reform.

Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students of EU politics.

Contents/contributors
1. John Peterson and Michael Shackleton: The EU's Institutions: an Overview
I. Providing Direction
2. Renaud Dehousse and Paul Magnette: Institutional and Constitutional Reform
3. Philippe de Schoutheete: The European Council
4. Fiona Hayes-Renshaw: The Council of Ministers
5. John Peterson: The College of Commissioners
6. Michael Shackleton: The European Parliament
7. Tom Kennedy: The European Court of Justice
II. Managing the Union
8. Liesbet Hooghe: The Commission's Services
9. Kathleen McNamara: Managing the Euro - the European Central Bank
10. Giandomenico Majone: Managing Europeanization - European Agencies
11. Brigid Laffan: Financial Control - the Court of Auditors and OLAF
III. Integrating Interests
12. Theodora Kostakopoulou: Security Interests - Police and Judicial Cooperation
13. Michael E. Smith, Brian Crowe and John Peterson: International Interests - the CFSP
14. Jeff Lewis: National Interests - COREPER
15. Tapio Raunio: Political Interests - the EP's Party Groups
16. Charlie Jeffery: Social and Regional Interests - ECOSOC and the Committee of the Regions
17. John Peterson and Michael Shackleton: Conclusion

* `Review from previous edition Lucid, comprehensive, and substantive ... combines invaluable description with perceptive and sophisticated analysis' Professor Alberta Sbragia, University of Pittsburgh

* `Distinguished by the clarity and comprehensiveness of [its] institutional coverage' Professor William E. Paterson, University of Birmingham

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  • ISBN: 0-19-927900-4
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Author: John Peterson and Michael Shackleton
  • Language: English

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