Decision-making in the European Union - John Peterson

Based on exhaustive research, this book explains how the European Union makes decisions in seven major policy sectors.
Written in a clear, user-friendly style, it
brings the EU alive for a student and non-specialist audience.
The book's central themes are that informal norms often matter more than formal rules, agency often matters more than structure, and abrupt change often punctuates deadlock.
It offers a theoretically-based introduction to the lively, humorous and fascinating politics of a unique experiment in modern governance.