1st Edition

Understanding European Union Institutions

By Alex Warleigh Copyright 2002
    216 Pages
    by Routledge

    216 Pages
    by Routledge

    Understanding the institutions of the European Union is vital to understanding how it functions. This book provides students with a user-friendly introduction to the main institutions, and explains their different roles in the functioning and development of the European Union.

    Key features:

    * introduces and explains the functions of all the main institutions dividing them into those that have a policy-making role, those that oversee and regulate, and those that operate in an advisory capacity
    * provides students with an overview of the history of the European Union and the development of its institutions and considers their continuing importance to the success of the European Union
    * clearly written by experienced and knowledgeable teachers of the subject
    * presented in a student friendly format, providing boxed concepts and summaries, guides to further reading, figures and flowcharts, and a glossary of terms.

    Part 1: How Does Europe Work? 1. Introduction: A history and overview of the European Union system Part 2: The Policy-Making Institutions 2. The European Council And The Council Of Ministers 3. The Commission 4. The European Parliament 5. The European Central Bank Part 3: The Oversight Institutions 6. The European Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance 7. The Court of Auditors 8. The Ombudsman Part 4: The Advisory Bodies 9. The Economic and Social Committee 10. The Committee Of The Regions Part 5: Conclusion 11. Making Europe Work Understanding European Institutions

    Biography

    Alex Warleigh