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• Cover page
• Title page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Boxes
• Tables
• Maps
• Introduction
• Background information
• SECTION ONE: HISTORY
• The drive for European unity to 1973
• From Community to Union, 1973–93
• Consolidating the European Union, 1993 to thepresent day
• The movement to integration: a theoretical perspective
• SECTION TWO: INSTITUTIONS
• Introduction
• Institutions of the European Union
• Policy-making and law-making processes
• Democracy and the European Union
• SECTION THREE: REPRESENTATION
• Introduction
• Elections to the European Parliament
• Political parties and the European Union
• Pressure groups and the European Union
• SECTION FOUR: POLICIES
• Introduction
• The Union Budget
• First-Pillar policies
• Second- and Third-Pillar policies
• SECTION FIVE: ATTITUDES
• Introduction
• Member states
• Britain and Europe: a case study
• Conclusion: the state of the Union, past and present
• References
• Further reading
• Index