The European Union grew out of centuries of turmoil and national conflicts. The economic alliance upon which it is founded as survived many challenges, no the least of which is represented by its continuing expansion to include more and more nations. Collaboratively compiled and edited by the team of European Institute of Public Administration faculty members Edward Best and Thomas Christiansen, and Pierpaolo Settembri (an official with the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union), "The Institutions Of the Enlarged European Union: Continuity and Change" is comprised of informed and informative commentaries by fifteen contributors. The result is an impressively detailed introduction to the institutions and committees that form the core framework of EU activities including the EU Parliament, the European Central Bank, and the effects of EU membership expansion."The Institutions Of the Enlarged European Union" is very strongly recommended as an addition to governmental and university library International Studies reference collections in general, and European Union Studies supplemental reading lists in particular.