Ali M. El-Agraa is Professor of International Economics at Fukuoka University, Japan. He has extensive teaching experience at universities in the UK and North America.

List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; List of abbreviations; List of contributors; A guide for users; 1. General introduction: the EU within the global context of regional integration Ali M. El-Agraa; Part I. EU History, Institutions, Legal Dimension and Basic European Economy: 2. A history of European integration and evolution of the EU Ali M. El-Agraa; 3. EU institutions Ali M. El-Agraa; 4. The legal dimension in EU integration Imelda Maher; 5. The European economy: bare essentials Ali M. El-Agraa; Part II. EU Market Integration: Theory and Practice: 6. The theory of economic integration Ali M. El-Agraa; 7. The economics of the single market Brian Ardy and Ali M. El-Agraa; 8. Factor mobility David Mayes; 9. Measuring the economic impact of European integration Ali M. El-Agraa; Part III. EU Monetary Integration: 10. The theory of monetary integration Ali M. El-Agraa; 11. The development of EU economic and monetary integration David Mayes and Ali M. El-Agraa; 12. The operation of EMU David Mayes; Part IV. The Single European Market: Policy Integration: 13. Competition policy Wolf Sauter; 14. Industrial and competitiveness policy: the Lisbon Strategy Brian Ardy; 15. Tax harmonization Brian Ardy and Ali M. El-Agraa; 16. Transport policy Kenneth Button; 17. Energy policy and energy markets Stephen Martin and Ali M. El-Agraa; 18. Environmental policy Ian Barnes; Part V. EU Budget and Structural Policies: 19. The general budget Brian Ardy and Ali M. El-Agraa; 20. The Common Agricultural Policy Ulrich Koester and Ali M. El-Agraa; 21. Common Fisheries policy Ali M. El-Agraa; 22. Regional policy Harvey W. Armstrong; 23. Social policies: the employment dimension Brian Ardy and Ali M. El-Agraa; Part VI. EU External Relations: 24. External trade policy Miriam Manchin and Ali M. El-Agraa; 25. The EU and the developing world Ali M. El-Agraa; Part VII. The Future of the EU: 26. The future of the EU Ali M. El-Agraa; References; Author index; Subject index.