The European Union: Politics and Policies Book

	List of Illustrations
	Preface and Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
1	Introduction to Regional Integration	9
2	Context: The Postwar World	27
3	Emergence: The Road from Paris	44
4	Consolidation: The Road to Maastricht	64
5	Elaboration: The European Union Today	84
6	The European Commission	103
7	The Council of Ministers	124
8	The European Parliament	143
9	The Court of Justice	164
10	The European Council and Other Institutions	182
11	Policy Processes and the Budget	203
12	Economic Policy	223
13	Agricultural and Regional Policy	240
14	Environmental and Social Policy	259
15	Foreign and Security Policy	277
	Conclusions: Into the Twenty-First Century	296
	List of Acronyms	301
	Chronology of European Integration	303
	Glossary	307
	Appendix I. Key Institutions Related to the EU and Europe	311
	Appendix II. Other Experiments in Regional Integration	315
	Appendix III. Selected Sources of Information	320
	Appendix IV. Summits of European Leaders, 1961-1994	325
	Selected Bibliography	329
	About the Book and Author	333
	Index	335