The European Union

List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; A guide for users; List of abbreviations; 1. General introduction: the EU within the global context of regional integration Ali El-Agraa; Part I. EU History, Institutions, Legal Dimension and Basic Statistics: 2. A history of European integration and evolution of the EU Ali El-Agraa; 3. EU institutions Ali El-Agraa; 4. The legal dimension in EU integration Damian Chalmers and Luke Haasbeek; 5. The basic statistics Ali El-Agraa; Part II. EU market integration: theory and practice: 6. The theory of economic integration Ali El-Agraa; 7. The economics of the single market Brian Ardy and Ali El-Agraa; 8. Factor mobility David Mayes and Juha Kilponen; 9. Measuring the impact of economic integration Nigel Grimwade; Part III. EU Monetary Integration: 10. The theory of monetary integration Ali El-Agraa; 11. The development of EU economic and monetary integration David Mayes and Ali El-Agraa; 12. The operation of EMU David Mayes; Part IV. The Single European Market: policy and integration: 13. Competition policy Wolf Sauter and Jurian Langer; 14. Industrial and competitiveness policy: the Lisbon Strategy Brian Ardy; 15. Tax harmonization Brian Ardy and Ali El-Agraa; 16. Transport policy Kenneth Button; 17. Energy policy and energy markets Stephen Martin and Ali El-Agraa; 18. Environmental policy Alan Marin; Part V. EU budget and structural policies: 19. The general budget Brian Ardy and Ali El-Agraa; 20. The Common Agricultural Policy Ulrich Koester and Ali El-Agraa; 21. The Common Fisheries Policy Brian Ardy and Ali El-Agraa; 22. Regional policy Harvey Armstrong; 23. Social policies: the employment dimension Brian Ardy and Ali El-Agraa; Part VI. EU External Relations: 24. External trade policy Marius Brülhart and Alan Matthews; 25. The EU and the developing world Alan Matthews; Part VII. The enlargement, success and future of the EU: 26. Enlargement David Mayes; 27. Has the EU been successful? Ali El-Agraa; 28. The future of the EU Ali El-Agraa; References; Author index; Subject index.