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(2008).<i>The European Union<\/i>. London: Routledge.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Bache, I., &amp; Bulmer, S. (2011).\u00a0<i>Politics in the European Union<\/i>. Oxford: OUP.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Boomerg, E., Peterson, J., Corbett, R. (2012).\u00a0<i>The European Union. How does it work<\/i>? Oxford University Press: Oxford.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Cini, M., &amp; P\u00e9rez-Sol\u00f3rzano Borrag\u00e1n, N. (2010).\u00a0<i>European Union Politics<\/i>. Oxford: OUP.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Dinan, D.(2010).\u00a0<i>Ever Closer Union: An Introduction to European Integration<\/i>. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Hix, S., &amp; Hoyland, B. (2011).\u00a0<i>The Political System of the European Union<\/i>. Basigstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Lodge, J. (2009).\u00a0<i>The European Union<\/i>. Oxford: Polity Press.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">McCormick, J.(2011).\u00a0<i>Understanding the European Union<\/i>. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">McCormick, J. (2011).\u00a0<i>European Union Politics<\/i>. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Nugent, N. (2010).\u00a0<i>The Government and Politics of the European Union<\/i>. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Warleigh, Alex. (2009).\u00a0<i>European Union: the basics<\/i>. 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