Introduction. 1. The Policy Portfolio. 2. Traditional and Critical Theoretical Approaches. 3. The Federal Integration Approach. 4. The Principal Policy Institutions. 5. Other Important Policy Actors. 6. Key Features of Policy Processes. 7. The Policy Cycle. 8. Policy-making Modes. 9. The Internal Market. 10. Competition Policy. 11. Agriculture Policy. 12. Environment Policy. 13. Social and Cohesion Policies. 14. Economic and Monetary Union. 15. The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. 16. Migration and Border control Policies. 17. Trade Policy. 18. Foreign and External Security Policy. 19. The EU’s Budget. 20. Conclusions and Future Challenges.
Laurie Buonanno is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo State College and Director of the Institute for European Union Studies at SUNY. She is co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of European Public Policies.
Neill Nugent is Emeritus Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He has been a Lifetime Achievement Award Winner of the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES). His books include The Government and Politics of the European Union, which is currently in its eight edition.