Understanding European Union Institutions

By Alex Warleigh

Book Overview

Understanding the institutions of the European Union is vital to understanding how it functions. This book provides students with a user-friendly introduction to the main institutions, and explains their different roles in the functioning and development of the European Union. Key features: * introduces and explains the functions of all the main institutions dividing them into those that have a policy-making role, those that oversee and regulate, and those that operate in an advisory capacity * provides students with an overview of the history of the European Union and the development of its institutions and considers their continuing importance to the success of the European Union * clearly written by experienced and knowledgeable teachers of the subject * presented in a student friendly format, providing boxed concepts and summaries, guides to further reading, figures and flowcharts, and a glossary of terms.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415242142
• ISBN13: 9780415242141
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 9.9"