Reviews of previous edition: "Hix's admirably lucid exposition melds state-of-the-art theory and rich empirical detail into what is likely to become the leading text on how the European Union's everyday political process actually works."--Andrew Moravcsik, Harvard University "This volume has a rare combination of virtues: accessible for students and required reading for EU scholars."--Gary Marks, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "The best textbook on the European Union to date. Period."--George Tsebelis, UCLA "Simon Hix has produced a book which does many things and does them well. [It] offers both a valuable tool box for the study of the EU and a very up to date and stimulating set of blueprints to help us use them."--Clive H. Church, Political Studies.