Publisher's Synopsis
 
For most of us today, 'Europe' refers to the European Union. At the centre of a seemingly never-ending crisis, the EU remains a black box, closed to public understanding. Is Europe ruled by Germany or by European bureaucrats? Does a single European economy exist after all these years of economic integration? And should the EU have been awarded the Nobel peace prize in 2012? Critics tell us the EU undermines democracy. Are they right?
In this provocative volume, political scientist Chris Bickerton provides an answer to all these key questions and more at a time when understanding what the EU is and what it does is more important than ever before.
 
Pelican (Penguin Random House); 2016. A Pelican introduction. Paperback. Front cover a little creased, edges a little worn. 270 pp. List of tables and maps, prologue, acknowledgements ad chronology to front. Notes, glossary, a short guide to further reading and index to rear. 
Chris Bickerton is a lecturer in politics at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge.  Preowned. ISBN: 9780141983097.