"The new book 'Union Policies' offers a reader friendly solution to inquiries into a wide range of policies of the European Union. Following a historical and theoretical introduction into EU policy-making, different categories of Union policies are discussed in detail. Among others, chapters include an insight into new developments in the field of EU immigration and asylum policy, the relationship between the EU and the churches, as well as well as EU monetary policy, providing an overview of legal bases, competences and the decision-making by EU institutions and bodies as well as a survey of the relevant jurisprudence of the CJEU."--Site web de l'éditeur.