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Informationen zum Autor Laurie Buonanno is Professor of Political Science at SUNY Buffalo State, USA. Neill Nugent is Emeritus Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University, Honorary Professor at the University of Salford, and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe. His books include The Government and Politics of the European Union , now in its 7th edition. Klappentext This major new text on EU policy-making provides a concise but systematic introduction to the main policy areas in which the EU is active and the way in which EU policy is made! explaining how and why the EU's policy portfolio has developed as it has and the distinctive characteristics of each broad policy area. Zusammenfassung This major new text on EU policy-making provides a concise but systematic introduction to the main policy areas in which the EU is active and the way in which EU policy is made! explaining how and why the EU's policy portfolio has developed as it has and the distinctive characteristics of each broad policy area. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction.- The Policy Portfolio.- Understanding the Policy Portfolio.- The Principal Policy Institutions.- Other Important Policy Actors.- Key Features of Policy Processes.- The Policy Cycle.- Policy-Making Modes.- The Internal Market.- Building a Socio-Economic Union: Agriculture! Cohesion! Environment! and Growth Policies.- Economic and Monetary Union.- The Area of Freedom! Security and Justice.- Trade Policy.- Foreign and External Security Policy.- The Budget.- Challenges and Prospects.
