Simon Sweeney is a Professor of International Political Economy in the School for Business and Society at the University of York (UK). He is an experienced writer, and author of Europe, the State and Globalisation (2005). He has an extensive knowledge of EU literature, comprising EU history and development, institutional characteristics, policymaking, including foreign and security interests and 20 years' experience of teaching EU and European politics at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

PART 1: European Union and nationalism [...]ope's history - the background to European integration 2. The state, sovereignty, and nationalism 3. Nationalism in Europe PART 2: European Union: Theory, process, and implementation 4. Integration theory, the European Union, and the state [...]opean Union institutions and the state 6. EU governance and policymaking 7. International relations theory, the state, and the EU PART 3:European Union and contemporary economic globalisation 8. Enlargement: History, achievements, and the EU neighbourhood 9. EU as a global actor: Foreign, security, and defence policy 10. Policing, justice, migration, and internal security 11. Globalisation, the single market, trade, and EU social policy PART 4: European Union and perpetual crisis 12. Economic and Monetary Union: Power, unity, discord 13. Democratic deficit, Euroscepticism, populism, and contested values 14. Sustainability and environmental policy, agriculture, fisheries, energy [...]ope, the state, and globalisation