Hix, Simon, Høyland, Bjørn, (2011) The political system of the European Union Third edition. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, [England] ; New York, New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. ISBN: 9780230344181, 9780230249820
Wiener, Antje, Diez, Thomas, (2009) European integration theory 2. ed. Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780199226092
Zielonka, Jan, (2006) Europe as Empire. The Nature of the Enlarged European Union Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006 ISBN: 0199292213 (can be substituted with a study-trip)
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