Policy-making in the European Union / edited by Helen Wallace, Mark A. Pollack, and Alasdair R. Young.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One: Institutions, Process and Analytical Approaches -- 1. Overview / Helen Wallace, Mark A. Pollack, and Alasdair R. Young -- 2. Theorizing EU Policy-Making / Mark A. Pollack -- 3. The European Policy Process in Comparative Perspective / Alasdair R. Young -- 4. An Institutional Anatomy and Five Policy Modes / Helen Wallace -- Part Two: Policies -- 5. The Single Market / Alasdair R. Young -- 6. Competition Policy: towards an economic constitution? / Stephen Wilks -- 7. Economic and Monetary Union: an experiment in new modes of EU policy-making / Dermot Hodson -- 8. The Common Agricultural Policy: the fortress challenged / Christilla Roederer-Rynnning -- 9. The Budget: who gets what, when, and how? / Brigid Laffan and Johannes Linder -- 10. The Structural Funds and Cohesion Policy: extending the bargain to meet new challenges / David Allen -- 11. Social Policy: left to the judges and the markets? / Stephan Leibfried -- 12. Employment Policy: between efficacy and experimentation / Martin Rhodes -- 13. Environmental Policy: contending dynamics of policy change / Andrea Lenschow -- 14. Biotechnology Policy: between national fears and global disciplines / Mark A. Pollack and Gregory C. Shaffer -- 15. Energy Policy: sharp challenges and rising ambitions / David Buchan -- 16. Trade Policy: a further shift towards Brussels / Stephen Woolcock -- 17. Enlargement: from rules for accession to a policy towards Europe / Ulrich Sedelmeier -- 18. Foreign and Security Policy: civilian power Europe and American leadership / Bastian Giegerich and William Wallace -- 19. Justice and Home Affairs: communication with hesitation / Sandra Lavenex -- Part Three: Conclusions -- 20. EU Policy-Making in Challenging Times: Adversity, Adaptability, and Resilience / Mark A. Pollack, Helen Wallace, and Alasdair R. Young.

"The policies of the European Union profoundly affect the lives of people in Europe and around the world. The new edition of this highly successful textbook outlines how and why such decisions are made, as well as the key challenges faced by policy-makers in the current political and economic climate. Policy-Making in the European Union begins by clarifying the institutional framework of the EU and the analytical approaches used to understand it. A wide range of crucial and illustrative policies are then explored in detail by subject experts. This volume includes new chapters on ways of analyzing the EU's policy process and on energy policy. A central theme to the volume is how the recent expansion to twenty-seven member states has affected policy-making across the different policy sectors. The conclusion reflects on how this challenge and the protracted constitutional stalemate have affected policy-making in the EU. It also explores the impact of the financial and economic crises that have struck Europe over the past several years. The sixth edition is fully up-to-date, and is the ideal text for all those with an interest in the policy-making of the European Union"--Provided by publisher.