Ever Closer Union: An Introduction to European Integration

by Desmond Dinan

Book Overview

In the five years since the third edition of Ever Closer Union was published, the EU has seen the ratification and implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, further enlargement, leadership changes, policy... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588266079
• ISBN13: 9781588266071
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
• Length: 619 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

a good guidance to understand EU integration

The book gives a clear clue of the integration of the EU through the past fifty years. It reviews the general background behind every integration, which is much helpful to particularly law students. In a word, it is a good stuff to read before we learn EU law.

Good start for beginners, a little dry.

I knew virtually nothing about the Europena Union before reading this book, so I don't know how valuable it would be for an experienced EU scholar. However, for someone like myself it covers all the basics (what istitutions are involved?) and a good history from conception to today. The reading is a little dry, mostly due to the number of details involved, but not difficult to read. It makes a good starting point for those wishing to familiarize themselves with the the general history of European integration before going on to further study.