The European Union : what it is and how it works / Ingeborg Tömmel.
By: Tömmel, Ingeborg
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BookSeries: The European Union series.Publisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014Description: xv, 364 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781137427526 (pbk.).Subject(s): European Union | Law | International law | International institutions | EU (European Union) | Politics & government | European Union countries -- Politics and government | European Union countries -- Foreign relationsDDC classification: 341.2422 TOM | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library EU | 341.2422 TOM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38888000899447 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The European Union affects the lives of Europeans in many and varied ways, yet, in spite of its reach, it often appears a constrained political system - struggling for internal consensus, reliant on the agreement of national governments, and hampered by the scepticism of electorates. These issues have become even more acute in the wake of the global economic and eurozone crises. This new text provides a concise and up-to-date introduction to the nature of the European Union, giving an account of its evolution and structure that makes sense of its current challenges.
The text analyses the EU's institutional structure and decision-making procedures, and highlights the manifold conflicts as well as the sophisticated mechanisms for consensus-building among the core institutions. It explains the ways in which the EU differs from other forms of political order, and how this leads to political processes that are characterized by cooperation and conflict. In providing this context, the author invites readers to a critical assessment of the functioning of the European Union, and of the implications of this for its democratic legitimacy and future prospects.
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction: The Political System of the EU -- 2. Theorizing European Integration and the Union as a Political System -- 3. Building the European Union: Supranational Dynamics and Intergovernmental Configurations -- 4. Consolidating the European Union: Enlargement, Deepening Integration and Crisis Management -- 5. The Core Institutional Structure -- 6. Decision-Making: Cooperation and Conflict among the Core Institutions -- 7. Decision-Making and Consensus-Building within the Core Institutions -- 8. Expanding and Diversifying the Core Institutional Structure -- 9. Promoting Integration: Policy-making and Governance -- 10. Building a Multi-Level System -- 11. Building a Multi-Actor System -- 12. Assessing the European Union: Efficiency and Effectiveness -- 13. The Democratic Legitimacy of the EU -- 14. Conclusions: The Nature of the European Union.
"This new introduction to the European Union is distinguished by its focus on the evolution and functioning of the political system of the EU and how best to understand and theorise its often contradictory and multifaceted nature and the dynamics of European integration. Providing a sophisticated analysis of the distinctive institutions and the processes of multi-level governance inherent in the EU, this text assesses the challenges of this complex political actor both past and present. "-- Provided by publisher.