▪ Abstract The study of the European Union (EU) has been transformed during the past
decade, and three distinct theoretical approaches have emerged. The first approach, which …

Climate change is a cross-cutting, long-term, global problem that presents policymakers with
many challenges in their efforts to respond to the issue. Integrating climate policy objectives …

After twenty‐five years, few scholars still dispute the leading role of Liberal
Intergovernmentalism (LI) in theorizing EU history. Yet some question whether it can explain …

Liberal Intergovernmentalism (LI) is the contemporary “baseline” social scientific and
historiographic theory of regional integration—especially as regards the European Union. It …

This comprehensive, up to date and theoretically informed text examines the full range of the
European Union's external relations including the Common Foreign and Security Policy. It …

The definitive textbook on EU politics and governance, now in its 8th edition, has been
thoroughly updated to take into account the ongoing developments and evolution of the EU …

European integration confuses citizens and scholars alike. It appears to transfer power away
from national capitals towards Brussels yet a close study of the EU reveals the absence of …

3.1 World military expenditure, 2012 72 3.2 European armed forces, 2013 77 3.3 EU
member states defence expenditure 86 5.1 Dates and host countries for CSDP missions 147 …

Dominant approaches to the transformation of Europe ignore contemporary social theory
interpretations of the nature and dynamics of social change. Here, Delanty and Rumford …

The Council of Ministers provides a comprehensive analysis of the Council of Ministers: how
it works, its varied activities, functions, and its relationships with the other key EU institutions …