Alex Warleigh - Understanding European Union Institutions

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Understanding European Union Institutions

What are the institutions of the European Union?

How do they work and what to they contribute to the functioning and development of the European Union?

Understanding the institutions of the European Union is vital to understanding how it functions. This book provides an introduction to the main institutions, and explains their different roles in the policy making and evolution of the European Union.

Features and benefits of Understanding European Union institutions:

Alex Warleigh is Reader in European Governance and Deputy Director of the Institute of Governance, Public Policy and Social Research, Queens University Belfast.

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Edited by Alex Warleigh

London and New York

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First published 2002 by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

Simultaneously published in the USA and
Canada
by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis
Group

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.

2002 Alex Warleigh, selection and editorial
matter; the contributors, individual chapters

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication
Data
Understanding European Union institutions /
edited by Alex Warleigh.
p. cm.
Includes index.
1. European Union. I. Warleigh, Alex.
JN30 .U5 2001
341.2422dc21 2001019940

ISBN 0-203-47090-7 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-203-24275-0 (OEB Format)

ISBN 0-415-24213-4 (hbk)

ISBN 0-415-24214-2 (pbk)

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For Jason Adams, Chris Augerson, Michael Carmody, Clive Davis, Christopher
Lack, Ciarn OCeallaigh and Carl Stychin
(in alphabetical order, so you boys play nicely now)

And for Emma Harrison, Jo Seery, Josie Kelly, Andrea Ellner, Viki Lloyd, Louise
Hilditch and Rachel Monaghan
(in no particular order, since you girls share so instinctively)

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