TY - BOOK AU - Buonanno,Laurie AU - Nugent,Neill TI - Policies and policy processes of the European Union T2 - The European Union series SN - 9781403915146 PY - 2013/// CY - Basingstoke, Hampshire [England], New York PB - Palgrave MacMillan KW - European Union KW - fast KW - Political planning KW - European Union countries KW - Policy sciences KW - UE/CE Union europnne KW - eclas KW - UE/CE Institutions et organes KW - UE/CE Politique KW - UE/CE Marchunique KW - UE/CE JAI = Justice et affaires intieures KW - UE/CE PESC= Politique range et de suritcommune KW - Politics and Government KW - eflch KW - Economic policy KW - Social policy KW - ukslc KW - Europe N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-349) and index; Introduction -- The Policy Portfolio -- Understanding the Policy Portfolio -- The Principal Policy Institutions -- Other Important Policy Actors -- Key Features of Policy Processes -- The Policy Cycle -- Policy-Making Modes -- The Internal Market -- Building a Socio-Economic Union : Agriculture, Cohesion, Environment and Growth Policies -- Economic and Monetary Union -- The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice -- Trade Policy -- Foreign and External Security Policy -- The Budget -- Achievements, Challenges and Prospects N2 - 'This major new text on EU policy-making provides a concise but systematic introduction to the main policy areas in which the EU is active and the way in which EU policy is made, explaining how and why the EU's policy portfolio has developed as it has and the distinctive characteristics of each broad policy area'--Publisher's website UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1502/2012533717-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1502/2012533717-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1502/2012533717-t.html ER -