European Union

<p>A key textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students of contemporary European politics <i>European Union: Power and policy-making </i>4<sup>th</sup> edition offers a comprehensive and accessible analysis of the European Union policy process.</p> <p>Intended to advance understanding of the EU as a now mature and ongoing policy system this book addresses the central issues relating to the distribution of power and influence in the European Union including: </p> <ul> <p> <li>Theoretical perspectives</li> <p></p> <p> <li>The roles of key institutions in the processing of policy problems</li> <p></p> <p> <li>Different channels of representation</li> <p></p> <p> <li>The EU as a policy-making state</li> <p></p></ul> <p></p> <p>Written by a distinguished group of international scholars this new edition will also appeal to the worldwide community of researchers on the EU.</p> <p>New to this edition: 　</p> <ul> <p> <li>New chapters on The Politics of Multispeed Europe The Distribution of Power Among Institutions EU Agencies Covert Integration in the European Union and Political Representation and Democracy in the EU. </li> <p></p> <p> <li>New authors and theoretical approaches on many topics such as differentiated integration opt-outs and multi-speed integration negotiation and coalition building the interplay of judicial and legislative policy-making power distribution agency behaviour integration by subterfuge the democratic deficit</li> <p></p> <p> <li>fully updated data and content throughout</li> <p></p></ul> <p>Jeremy Richardson is joined by a co-editor Professor Sonia Mazey for the fourth expanded edition of this highly regarded textbook on the EU.</p> <p></p><b> <p>Jeremy Richardson</b> is an Emeritus Fellow at Nuffield College Oxford UK and Adjunct Professor at the National Centre for Research on Europe University of Canterbury New Zealand. He is also Founder and Co-editor of the <i>Journal of European Public Policy</p></i><b> <p>Sonia Mazey</b> is a Professor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the College of Business and Law University of Canterbury New Zealand and formally a Fellow of Keble College Oxford UK</p>