Book Reviews Pinder, John. European Community: The Building of a Union (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Pp. x, 261. Index. $16.95 There is no hiding the great sympathy of John Pinder to the process he describes. Sometimes such engagement is detrimental to scholarship. This is not the case here: Pinder's great achievement is to take a phenomenon (European Integration) and a polity (the Union) which seem to defy any coherent account and to construct a narrative in which all important elements cohere. That alternative views can exist, that some will regard critically what Pinder regards favourably, that some would have made different choices as to what should go into the narrative is evident. But this does not detract from the achievement. There is a bonus: Free of jargon, the book is a pleasure to read. A bargain. JHHW
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