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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823271103321

Autore

Watts Duncan

Titolo

The European Union / / Duncan Watts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

1-281-35765-0

9786611357658

0-7486-3225-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Disciplina

320.44

Soggetti

POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section one. History -- section two. Institutions -- section three. Representation -- section four. Policies -- section five. Attitudes.

Sommario/riassunto

The European Union is one of the world's most complex political systems: this makes it a challenge to study. To the uninitiated its institutions seem remote, its remit unclear, its operations difficult to understand and its outputs sometimes perplexing. It combines some attributes of a state with those of an international organisation, yet it closely resembles neither. Its development is shaped by an increasing number of players, including 25 member governments, multiple common EU institutions, clusters of experts, private interests and citizen groups. All converge to influence what the EU