European Integration: Methods and Economic Analysis

Written by one of Europe’s leading analysts of the European Union, the third edition of this text has been significantly reorganised in structure, and fully revised and updated to reflect the changes in the EU over recent years.

The third edition offers a fundamental discussion, and detailed analysis, of European integration.  Uniquely it combines economic analysis with a detailed knowledge of the integration methods employed in the EU.  Whilst being academically rigorous and assuming some prior knowledge, it is full of practical examples and case studies enabling it to bridge the gap between theory and policy practice.

Jacques Pelkmans is Jan Tinbergen Chair in European Economic Studies at the College of Europe in Bruges and Director of the Economics department. He is also Council Member of the WRR in The Hague, a think-tank attached  to the Prime Minister (yet, with its independence protected by a special law) and Associate Fellow of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels.