The Politics of the European Union

Cambridge Textbooks in Comparative Politics

by Herman Lelieveldt, Sebastiaan Princen

A new introduction to the European Union which uses the lens of comparative politics. This approach helps students understand the EU through comparisons with domestic politics and links with broader debates in political science. The text is supported by numerous examples, and chapters include briefings, fact files and controversy boxes which highlight important information and controversial issues in EU politics to widen and deepen student understanding. The authors have developed online 'Navigating the EU' exercises that introduce students to useful sources of information on the internet and help them to analyse policy making in the EU. This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to EU politics and covers history, theory, key institutions and participants, as well as policies and policy making.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction, Textbooks, International Relations

338 pages, Paperback

First published April 30, 2007

Reviews

[Dami · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good introduction to the European Union (history, institutions, policies) and an in-depth look at the decision making processes bot on the formal and informal level. While I was fairly well acquainted wit the EU, it was a very readable book for revision and the later chapters on the actual decision-making taught me new things.