Leading scholars explore the complex questions arising from the ongoing transformation of Europe through the deepening and widening effects of European integration. Based on authoritative analyses, the book takes account of the many national, transnational and international processes and contexts in which European integration has become embedded.

'The volume is highly recommended to readers who wish to acquire knowledge about and a better understanding of European integration and European studies. By successfully achieving its goal, the book becomes both a reference for further research and an insightful source for European studies.' Gozde Yilmaz, Political Studies Review.

'This is an impressive and wide-ranging collection of essays which review the 'state of the art' and the future research agenda in European Union studies'.

• Professor Simon Bulmer, University of Sheffield, UK

'The editors have brought together an outstanding group of scholars who have written chapters which provide excellent overviews of the state of the literature in key areas as well as map the terrain of future research. Scholars as well as students will view this volume as the one to 'go to' when they want rigorous, perceptive, and crystal clear analyses and evaluations of the major areas of inquiry in European Union Studies. It is an excellent piece of work.'

• Professor Alberta Sbragia, Mark A. Nordenberg University Chair, Jean Monnet Chair ad personam, Director, European Union Center of Excellence/European Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Autorentext
Neill Nugent is Emeritus Professor of Politics at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He has published widely on the European Union and in 2013 was given a Lifetime Achievement Award in Contemporary European Studies by the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES), 2013.

Inhalt
Introduction: Researching the European Union; M.Egan, N.Nugent & W.E.Paterson Historical Aplenty: But Still Too Isolated; N.P.Ludlow Integration Theory; F.Schimmelfennig The EU's Institutions; N.Nugent & W.E.Paterson Leadership and Intergovernmental Negotiations in the EU; D.Beach Governance and European Integration; B.G.Peters & S.Borás Democracy and EU Governance; B.Rittberger EU Law: A Tale of Microscope and Telescope; A.Ar New Directions in Europeanization Research; C.Radaelli & T.Exadaktylos Political Economy; M.Egan Monetary Union; W.Schelkle Justice and Home Affairs; C.Boswell Feminist Approaches; J.Kantola The EU in the World: Future Research Agendas; K.Smith Europe and Globalization; W.Jacoby & S.Meunier The Future Shape of the EU; H.Grabbe & U.Sedelmeier Hastening Slowly; European Union Studies, Between Reinvention and Continuing Fragmentation; W.E.Paterson, N.Nugent & M.Egan