Reviews

Understanding the European Union: A Concise Introduction (European Union) by John McCormick

snazel's review against another edition

I expected to be bored out of my mind, but it was actually pretty good! Political theory, and interesting history.

Now to write a report on it. (Uuuuuuugh.)

ovvlish's review against another edition

4.0

It was suggested I read this as background reading for a class I am taking this semester. I think that overall it was a well-organized introductory text. I particularly appreciated the chapters in the latter half of the book that were organized according to how the EU affected different groups/people. The world, its member states, individual Europeans, and so forth. I think that at times it was a bit dry, but on the whole it was fairly engaging, and it tried to mostly stay clear of unexplained jargon, which was another point in its favor.

kyokroon's review against another edition

3.0

To me it seemed like a clear, well-written book about the different aspects of the EU. Possibly a bit biased about the US, but it's hard to judge because I haven't read any other works that go into this level of detail about the EU.

If you want to know or read more about the EU (or just understand the basic things from its structure, to its history, to its decision making, to its policies and so on), this is a great book to pick up.

Happy reading!