Politics and Policy in the European Union - Hardcover

George, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198781903 ISBN 13: 9780198781905

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Fully revised and updated, Politics and Policy in the European Union is the third edition of this established introduction to politics and policy making in the European Union.
Stephen George covers all the key subjects of study, with separate chapters looking at: the history of the EU, its institutions, the theory of European integration, three of the key players (Britain, France, Germany), and the international context. He also examines in depth seven major policy areas: energy, agriculture, internal market policy, economic and monetary union, regional policy, social policy, and European political co-operation.
Using a clear, accessible style, Stephen George provides the ideal introduction to the EU, equally valuable to students of the European Union, and to anyone studying European issues as part of a course on economics or politics.

About this title

About the Author

Stephen George is John Monnet Professor in Politics at the University of Sheffield.

Review

Reviews from the second edition:

`This series provides a welcome and much needed boost for a more analytical and theoretically informed treatment of west European politics. Professor Patrick Dunleavy

`A very useful text.'
A.L. MacMullen, University of Durham

`Great book.'
John Gaffney, Aston University

`What a text should be.'
AJR Groom, University of Kent

`Excellent text'
Andrew Scott, Heriot-Watt University

`The book provides an important introduction to the policy process in the European Community that is not available in other standard texts. It also provides valuable insights for more advanced students.'
Robert Leonardi, London School of Economics

`It is an excellent teaching guide.'
E. Kirchner, University of Essex

`A most valuable contribution to a field which is dominated by journalistic work - solid, well structured and presented, and very handy to teach from.'
Dr S.K. Hazareesingh

`Excellent background for comparative (European) social policy.'
Dr Helen Bolderson, Brunel University

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0198781903
• ISBN 13: 9780198781905
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 322