Bringing together specially commissioned chapters by leading authorities and rigorously edited for coherence and accessibility, this all new replacement for Developments in the European Union provides state of the art coverage of the EU as it expands and reconstitutes itself in the early twenty first century. Ranging broadly across the economics, social, legal and political dimensions of the EU, it assesses both internal changes and external relations and examines in detail key policy areas. MARIOS CAMHIS is a senior official in the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium STEPHANIE CURTIS Analyst at International Security Management/TranSecur, Potomac, Maryland, USA VIRGINIE GUIRAUDON Research Fellow, National Center for Scientific Research, Lille, France MARTIN HOLLAND Jean Monnet Professor and Director of the National Cetnre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury, New Zealand ROBERT LADRECH Senior Lecturer in Politics and Director of the Keele European Research Centre, Keele University, UK ANDREA LENSCHOW Assistant Professor, University of Osnabrnck ANAND MENON Director of the European Research Institute and Professor of West European Politics, University of Birmingham, UK JOHN D. OCCHIPINTI Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of European Studies, Canisius College, Buffalo, New York, USA ANAND MENON Director of the European Research Institute and Professor of West European Politics, University of Birmingham, UK JOHN D. OCCHIPINTI Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of European Studies, Canisius College, Buffalo, New York, USA MICHAEL SMITH Professor of European Politics and Jean Monnet Chair, Department of Politics, International Relations and European Studies, Loughborough University, UK ALEKS SZCZERBIAK Senior Lecturer in Contemporary European Studies, Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex, UK PAUL TAGGART Senior Lecturer in Politics, Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex, UK JOHN VAN OUDENAREN Chief of the European Division at the Library Congress, Washington, D.C., USA AMY VERDUN Jean Monnet Chair and Director of the European Studies Program, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ANTHONY WALLACE former Foreign Service officer, U.S.