Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-483) and index.

The European Community : from 1945 to 1985 / Derek W. Urwin -- Towards European Union / David Phinnemore -- The rise and fall of the Constitutional Treaty / Clive Church and David Phinnemore -- Federalism and federation / Michael Burgess -- Neo-functionalism / Carsten Str²by-Jensen -- Intergovernmentalism / Michelle Cini -- New theories of European integration / Ben Rosamond -- The European Commission / Morten Egeberg -- The Council of the European Union / Jeffrey Lewis -- The European Parliament / Roger Scully -- The courts of the European Union / Ilias Kapsis -- Interest groups and the European Union / Rainer Eising -- European Union external relations / Michael Smith -- The EU's foreign, security, and defence policies / Robert Dover -- The single market / Michelle Egan -- The EU's social dimension / Gerda Falkner -- Regional Europe / Angela K. Bourne -- Justice and home affairs / Emek M. Uðcarer -- Economic and monetary union / Amy Verdun -- The common agricultural policy / Eve Fouilleux -- Democracy and the European polity / Dimitris Chryssochoou -- Public opinion and the EU / Lauren M. McLaren -- Differentiated European integration / Kerstin Junge -- Europeanization / Lucia Quaglia, Mari Neuvonen, Machiko Miyakoshi, and Michelle Cini -- Enlargement / Ian Barnes and Pamela Barnes.