The European Union: Economics, Policies and History, First Edition

Unlike the later editions of the book, the first edition of the European Union: Economics, Policies and History contains a separate chapter on transport policy and the Common Foreign and Security policy, and unlike the third edition it contains chapters on EU relations with the GATT/WTO and on EU Fisheries policy. The three editions have different ISBN numbers: 0077107810 for the first edition, 077118136 for the second and 0077129660 for the third. The first edition includes chapters on: an introduction to European integration; a brief history of European integration; the decision-making institutions of the EU; the theory of trade and the EU; the economics of integration; from the the Single market to the 'new Europe'; movement of labour, immigration and asylum; the long road to Economic and Monetary Union; the EU budget; the Common Agricultural Policy; environmental and energy policies, regional policy, competition and industrial policies; transport policy; the EU and the GATT/WTO, EU trade and aid policies; the Common Foreign and Security Policy and EU enlargement. Unlike the later editions of the book, the first edition contains a separate chapter on transport policy and the Common Foreign and Security policy, and unlike the third edition it contains chapters on EU relations with the GATT/WTO and on EU Fisheries policy. The book uses a combination of economics, policies and history to give the reader a strong grounding in European integration, and why and how policies are put in place. The book is designed to appeal to a broad range of people studying the European Union. The book uses appendices for more detailed discussion of the theory.