This book is the key text for anyone wishing to understand the functions, powers, and composition of the EU's institutions. From the Council of Ministers to the European Central Bank, all of the most important organizations are analysed and explained by international experts, providing students with everything they need to know.

`Review from previous edition An excellent advanced and detailed study of the EU's institutions.' Prof. David Phinnemore, Queen's University Belfast `This is an excellent text book written by eminent scholars with academic and practical experience.' Prof Christian Kaunert, University of Dundee `Lucid, comprehensive and substantive... combines invaluable description with perceptive and sophisticated analysis.' Prof Alberta Sbragia, University of Pittsburgh `The Institutions of the European Union, now in its updated, fourth edition, provides an excellent critical introduction to the EU's institutions, old and new. Dermot Hodson, John Peterson, and many of the world's leading EU experts lucidly introduce and interrogate the histories of the EU's institutions, their strengths and dysfunctions, and the ways in which they are changing and adapting to the EU's many contemporary crises.' Prof Mark A. Pollack, Temple University

The only up-to-date textbook entirely dedicated to the institutions of the EU, offering students a definitive guide to their functions, powers, and composition. A team of leading experts, including both academics and practitioners, provide authoritative coverage of all of the key institutions. Each chapter includes helpful features such as boxes, useful websites, and suggested further reading to aid student learning. Takes account of the dramatic institutional changes in the EU that have occurred after the euro crisis, the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, and the rise of Euroscepticism.

The only up-to-date textbook entirely dedicated to the institutions of the EU, offering students a definitive guide to their functions, powers, and composition. A team of leading experts, including both academics and practitioners, provide authoritative coverage of all of the key institutions. Each chapter includes helpful features such as boxes, useful websites, and suggested further reading to aid student learning. Takes account of the dramatic institutional changes in the EU that have occurred after the euro crisis, the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, and the rise of Euroscepticism.