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1. Introduction: The Political System of the EU
2. Theorizing European Integration and the Union as a Political System
3. Building the European Union: Supranational Dynamics and Intergovernmental Configurations
4. Consolidating the European Union: Enlargement, Deepening Integration and Crisis Management
5. The Core Institutional Structure
6. Decision-Making: Cooperation and Conflict among the Core Institutions
7. Decision-Making and Consensus-Building within the Core Institutions
8. Expanding and Diversifying the Core Institutional Structure
9. Promoting Integration: Policy-making and Governance
10. Building a Multi-Level System
11. Building a Multi-Actor System
12. Assessing the European Union: Efficiency and Effectiveness
13. The Democratic Legitimacy of the EU
14. Conclusions: The Nature of the European Union.
The European Union : what it is and how it works by Ingeborg Tömmel. ISBN 9781137427526. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.