3rd Edition
How the EU Really Works Institutions, History and Policy-Making of the European Union
Introduction
1. A political system forged by history
2. The main theoretical approaches in EU integration studies
3. Executive power
4. The legislative power
5. Oversight bodies
6. Other institutions, organs and actors in EU policy-making
7. Decision-making in the European Union
8. The foreign policy of the European Union
9. EU decision-making models
10. The EU decision-making process from a public policy network perspective
Conclusion
Biography
Nathalie Brack is Associate Professor of Political Science at CEVIPOL, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Olivier Costa is Research Professor at the CNRS, CEVIPOF, Sciences Po, France.
“The new edition of this excellent textbook is timely and valuable. Against the background of a quickly shifting context, Brack and Costa manage to communicate the complexities of the European Union in an accessible, succinct and yet encompassing manner. Highly recommended as the go-to textbook on all aspects of EU governance!”
Thomas Christiansen, Professor, Luiss University, Rome, Italy
“This impressive book tells it like is, with all the EU’s paradoxes eloquently described, along with the accomplishments and shortcomings of European integration, the challenges for democracy and legitimacy, and the many crises, not the least of which is the rise of populist Euroskepticism. A must read for anyone who wants to know how the EU really works.”
Vivien A. Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Boston University, USA
