Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Introduction / Michelle Cini and Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan -- Pt. 1. The Historical Context -- Ch. 2. The European Community : from 1945 to 1985 / Derek W. Urwin -- Ch. 3. The European Union: Establishment and Development / David Phinnemore -- Ch. 4. From the Constitutional Treaty to the Treaty of Lisbon and Beyond / Clive Church and David Phinnemore -- Pt. 2. Theories and Conceptual Approaches -- Ch. 5. Neo-functionalism / Carsten Stroby Jensen -- Ch. 6. Intergovernmentalism / Michelle Cini -- Ch. 7. Theorizing the European Union after Integration Theory / Ben Rosamond -- Ch. 8. Governance in the European Union / Thomas Christiansen -- Ch. 9. Europeanization / Tanja A. Borzel and Diana Panke -- Pt. 3. Institutions and Actors Ch. 10. The European Commission / Morten Egeberg -- Ch. 11. The European Council and the Council of the European Union / Jeffrey Lewis -- Ch. 12. The European Parliament / Charlotte Burns -- Ch. 13. The Court of Justice of the European Union / Ilias Kapsis -- Ch. 14. Interest Groups and the European Union / Rainer Eising -- Pt. 4 Policies and Policy-Making Ch. 15. Policy-making in the European Union / Edward Best -- Ch. 16. EU External Relations / Michel Smith -- Ch. 17. Enlargement / Ana E. Juncos and Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán -- Ch. 18. The European Union's Foreign, Security, and Defence Policies / Ana E. Juncos and Anna Maria Friis Kristensen -- Ch. 19. The Single Market / Michelle Egan -- Ch. 20. The European Union's Social Dimension / Gerda Falkner -- Ch. 21. The Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice / Emek M. Ucarer -- Ch. 22. Economic and Monetary Union / Amy Verdun -- Ch. 23. The Common Agricultural Policy / Eve Fouilleux -- Ch. 24. Environmental Policy / David Benson and Andrew Jordan Pt. 5. Issues and Debates Ch. 25. Democracy and Legitimacy in the European Union / Stjin Smismans -- Ch. 26. Public Opinion an the European Union / Lauren M McLaren and Simona Guerra -- Ch. 27. The European Union and the Economic Crisis / Dermot Hodson and Uwe Puetter.

European Union Politics, Fourth Edition, provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of EU theories, institutions, policies, and issues. Bringing together carefully edited contributions from leading scholars in the field, it assumes no background knowledge and is therefore accessible to students new to the subject. The text is enhanced by excellent learning features including reader's guides, text boxes, key points, figures, questions, further reading, web links, and a glossary.