Policy-Making in the EU

Bys: Young, Alasdair, Wallace, Helen, A. Pollack, Mark

Book Overview

With unrivalled breadth and depth of coverage, this is the definitive guide to EU policy-making. The ninth edition of Policy-Making in the European Union provides students and scholars with a strong understanding of the processes and institutions involved in EU policy-making. In particular, it assesses policy-making in a more politicized context.
Key Features:
- Gives students a solid grounding in theories and empirics of EU policy-making
- Details the processes and institutions central to EU policy-making
- Analyses a wide range of policy areas in greater detail than any competing text, considering substantive material in both a practical and theoretical context
- Concludes with a clear assessment of the challenges that have shaped and will continue to shape policy-making, including the politicization of the EU, Brexit, geopolitical shifts, and Covid-19
New to the this edition:
- Detailed assessments of the implications of greater geopolitical contestation, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022
- Evaluation of the implications of the UK's departure for EU policy-making
Coverage of the EU's response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the lasting impacts this has on EU policy-making

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198912404
• ISBN13: 9780198912408
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 552 Pages