Handbook of European Union Politics

The European Union (EU) poses quite profound questions for scholars and students of the social and political sciences. This benchmark Handbook is designed to: Provide an authoritative state-of-the art guide to the scope of the field suitable for both established scholars and students of the EU Reflect and contribute to the debates about the nature of the field of EU studies and EU politics in particular Explore in detail the development of the many approaches to the study of EU politics Divided into four sections, the Handbook focuses on theorizing European integration; the EU as polity; politics and policy making in the EU; and the EU and the international system. Its appeal resides not only in its comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the field, but also in the quality of its contributors, and the diversity of theoretical and methodological approaches included. The resulting volume is a ‘must have’ for all scholars and advanced students of the EU and European integration. Contents :PART ONE: PROCESS: THEORIZING EUROPEAN INTEGRATIONOverview - Ben RosamondAn Intellectual History of EU StudiesRationalist Approaches to European Integration - Mark A PollackConstructivist Approaches to European Integration - Jeffrey CheckelCritical Approaches - Ian MannersHistorical, Legal, Economic and Sociological Perspectives on EU Politics - Alan S Milward, Ramses Wessel, Adrian Favell, Patrick Crowley and David MayesPART TWO: THE EU AS POLITYOverview - Simon HixThe EU as a Polity (I)Overview - Markus JachtenfuchsThe EU as a Polity (II)Legislative Politics - Gail McElroyExecutive Politics - Jonas TallbergJudicial Politics - Lisa ConantOrganized Interests in the European Union - Jeremy RichardsonPolitical Parties in the European Union - Tapio RaunioPolitical Communication, Political Socialization, and Public Opinion - Leonard RayConstitutional Politics - Dario Castiglione and Justus SchoenlauThe EU and Comparative Federalism - Kalypso Nicolaidis and R. Daniel KelemenPolitical Theory - Andreas FøllesdalPhilosophy and EU PoliticsPART THREE: POLITICS AND POLICY-MAKING IN THE EUOverview - Helen Wallace and William WallaceThe European Union, Politics, and Policy-MakingThe Study of Fiscal and Monetary Policy - Mark HallerbergThe Politics of Regulation and the Internal Market - Alasdair YoungThe Politics of Redistribution - Ian BacheGreen Politics and Environmental Policy - Andrea LenschowGender - Elizabeth PruglThe Politics of EU Domestic Order - Andrew Geddes(3rd Pillar business)New Forms of Governance in the European Union - Martin Rhodes and Manuele CitiThe EU and Domestic Politics - Tanja Börzel and Thomas RisseFrom Implementation to EuropeanizationPART FOUR: THE EU AND THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMOverview - Knud Erik JørgensenThe Union as a Global ActorThe Union and International Political Economy - Michael SmithTrade, Aid, and Monetary PolicyEuropean Foreign Policy - Walter CarlsnaesThe `European and Universal Process'? - Alex WarleighThe EU, Comparative Regionalism and Global Governancexvi+596hlm.;18x25c