The European Union: A Citizen's Guide
  • Published: 1 July 2016
  • ISBN: 9780141983097
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $24.99

The European Union: A Citizen's Guide

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12 May 2016
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1 Jul 2016
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The essential introduction to the European Union - its history, its politics, and its role - published in time for the EU referendum

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.
  • Published: 1 July 2016
  • ISBN: 9780141983097
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $24.99
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Praise for The European Union: A Citizen's Guide

The European Union: A Citizen's Guide by Chris Bickerton is a good place to find out how Europe works: the European council, the council of Europe and the Byzantine committee structure that operates in virtual secrecy... My advice is this. Use Bickerton... to learn how the EU works... And then, whatever Cameron says, you can make up your own mind about the future

Roland White, Sunday Times

An unlikely bestseller

Daily Telegraph

A lucid, helpful guide to the EU's structures and operating methods

Tony Barber, Financial Times

An indispensable book for these times

Big Issue

Provocative

Economist

A timely account of the EU's byzantine bureaucratic procedures and political rules

The Times Literary Supplement