'...an impressively detailed introduction to the institutions and committees that form the core frameworks 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.'-Midwest Book Review - The International Studies Shelf
'This excellent book in the series of studies on EU reform and enlargement is not as dry as it first appears...The contributors outline the key changes as well as patterns of continuity in the
institutional policies of the EU and their research which I feel will be highly beneficial to lawyers, economists and politicians...I found the book to be invaluable for postgraduate and
advanced undergraduate students of EU politics and administrative science, as well as researchers, practitioners and journalists working in the fields of European studies more widely.'-Phillip
Taylor, The Barrister
'This volume reports a thorough appraisal of how the EU institutions have fared since the 2004 enlargement. In essence the answer is more of the same, with no evidence of gridlock.'-Helen
Wallace, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
'This timely, comprehensive and authoritative study provides much food for thought for European policy makers.'-Martin Westlake, Secretary General, European Economic and Social Committee,
Brussels, Belgium
'A systematic and sophisticated examination of institutional performance in a post-enlargement Union. Some of the chapters, notably those written by the editors themselves, break new conceptual
ground.'-Joseph H.H. Weiler, Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law and Justice, NYU School of Law, USA
