The European Union : a very short introduction /
By: Pinder, John [author.].
Contributor(s): Usherwood, Simon McDougall [author.].
Series: Very short introductions: 36.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Edition: 3rd edition.Description: xxii, 181 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm.Content type: text | still image | cartographic image | text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780199681693; 9780199681693:; 0199681694.Subject(s): European UnionDDC classification: 337.142Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 337.142 PIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0062865 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-154) and index.
What the EU is for -- How the EU was made -- How the EU is governed -- Single market, single currency -- Agriculture, regions, budget: conflicts over who gets what -- Social policy, environmental policy -- "An area of freedom, security, and justice" -- A great civilian power ... and more, or less? -- The EU and the rest of Europe -- The EU in the world -- Much accomplished ... but what next?
John Pinder and Simon Usherwood explain the EU in plain, readable English. They show how and why it has developed, how the institutions work, and what it does - from the single market to the euro, and from agriculture to the environment.