Ever Closer Union: An Introduction to European Integration

by Desmond Dinan

Ever Closer Union clearly explains the complexities of European integration from the 1950s to the present. This new edition retains the familiar three-part structure - history, institutions, and policies - but incorporates expanded coverage of both enlargement issues and constitutional change. New policy and institutional developments are thoroughly explored, and an entirely new chapter examines the decisionmaking dynamics among the Commission, Council, and Parliament. The completely revised chapter on the complicated EU-U.S. relationship includes discussions of the Bush administration's worldview, the broad repercussions of the terrorist attacks in the United States and Spain, and the ongoing fallout from the war in Iraq.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction, History

636 pages, Paperback

First published July 28, 1994

Reviews

[Aliya · Rating 5 out of 5]

I also had to read this book as my professor, Dr. Dinan, was rewriting it, or should I updating it. The Lisbon Treaty had just been put into place in the European Union States and he had to explain what changes were made. This book more about the history and governmental structure of the EU. Once one reads the book, the EU is definitely clear as to why everything is done the way it is today. It is a very complicated subjected I must. Yet very intriguing.

[Lewis · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very decent introduction to those wishing to get into EU Politics. Much more thorough than alternatives, but should be kept as a place to start further research rather than the only thing you ever read on the matter.

[darya · Rating 1 out of 5]

May 12th

[Lasha]

Nothing