The most up-to-date and comprehensive introductory textbook on the European Union. This edited textbook covers a broad range of topics currently being taught in courses on the European Union. The 25 chapters are written by different experts from around the world and provide extensive coverage of history, theories, institutions and actors, policies, and issues and debates. European Union Politics can be distinguished from other textbooks in the field by the breadth and depth of its coverage and its excellent learning aids. Each chapter includes a reader's guide, key points, questions, further reading, web links and boxed features on key concepts, case studies and issues and debates. Written specially for those coming to the subject for the first time, this text has been carefully edited to ensure a coherent, accessible and lively introduction to the politics of the European Union.