The European Union: Economy, Society, and Polity

At the beginning of the 21st century the European Union faces twin challenges: the institutional challenge, linked to the processes of greater integration and expansion, and the structural challenge, which will in the medium-run determine the place of the EU in the world. This textbook deals with this latter set of challenges, focusing on economic aspects, such as competitiveness and cohesion, as well as on other important issues such as ageing, migration, social polarization, and the emergence of regionalism and nationalism.

Introduction, 1: Economy, Competitiveness, Cohesion, 2: Society, Ageing, Migration and Xenophobia, Social Polarization, 3: Polity, Integration and Expansion, Regionalization and Regionalism, Conclusion

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose is Senior Lecturer in Economic Geography and Royal Society-Wolfson Research Merit Award Holder at the London School of Economics and Political Science