Introduction
Major actors: the EU's institutions; member states
Policies and policy-making: key policies; how policies are made; democracy in the European Union
The EU and the wider world: EU expansion and wider Europe; the EU as a security actor; the EU as a global actor.
The European Union : how does it work?. ISBN 9780199570805. Published by Oxford University Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.