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1. The European Union as a political regime, a set of policies and a community after the crisis: an overview Ramona Coman, Amandine Crespy and Vivien Schmidt
Part I. The EU's political regime:
2. European regional integration from the 20th to the 21st century Kiran Klaus Patel
3. Institutions and decision-making in the European Union Sergio Fabbrini
4. Regulatory networks and policy communities Jacob Hasselbalch and Eleni Tsingou
5. Old and new concepts of EU governance: intergovernmentalism, supranationalism, and parliamentarism Vivien A. Schmidt
Part II. Key policy areas in flux:
6. Cohesion and the EU budget: is conditionality undermining solidarity? John Bachtler and Carlos Mendez
7. Agriculture and environment: greening or greenwashing? Gerry Alons
8. The internal market: increasingly differentiated? Michelle Egan
9. The European Monetary Union: how did the Euro area get a lender of last resort? Cornel Ban
10. Social policy: is the EU doing enough to tackle inequalities? Amandine Crespy
11: Labour markets and mobility: how to reconcile competitiveness and social justice László Andor
12: Managing the refugee crisis: a divided and restrictive Europe? Sarah Wolff
13: Security in the Schengen Area: limiting rights and freedoms? Julien Jeandesboz
14: Trade policy: which gains for which losses? Ferdi De Ville
15. Global tax governance: is the EU promoting tax justice? Rasmus Corlin Christensen and Len Seabrooke
16. The common security and defence policy in transition: towards 'strategic autonomy'? Jolyon Howorth
Part III: Existential debates:
17. North and south, east and west: is it possible to bridge the gap? Kristin Makszin, Gergő Medve-Bálint and Dorothee Bohle
18. Democracy and the rule of law: how can the EU uphold its common values? Ramona Coman
19. Democracy and disintegration: does the state of democracy in the EU put the integrity of the Union at risk? Joseph Lacey and Kalypso Nicolaïdis
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