{"product_id":"geopolitics-and-expertise-knowledge-and-authority-in-european-diplomacy-paperback-softback-9781118291702","title":"Geopolitics and Expertise; Knowledge and Authority in European Diplomacy (Paperback \/ softback) 9781118291702","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGeopolitics and Expertise\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eKnowledge and Authority in European Diplomacy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This book transcends the now problematic divide between representational and practical approaches to understanding geopolitical relations. More specifically, much research on the EU tends to focus more on the formal workings of the institutions and rarely penetrates the corridors of power to consider what actually happens within the bureaucracy itself. The book is to be welcomed as a contribution to theoretical debate in human geography and as a significant contribution to EU Studies.’ \u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eJohn Agnew, UCLA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘In contrast to the oceans of generalization about the European Union, here is a high-resolution study of the balance of interests and power based on years of face-to-face interactions with diplomats and Eurocrats who inhabit Brussels' European Quarter.’\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eJames D Sidaway, National University of Singapore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMerje Kuus (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118291702, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 February 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.4 x 1.1 cm, 0.313 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeopolitics and Expertise\u003c\/i\u003e is an in-depth exploration of how expert knowledge is created and exercised in the external relations machinery of the European Union.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a rare, full-length work on transnational diplomatic practice\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBased on a rigorous and empirical study, involving over 100 interviews with policy professionals over seven years\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on the qualitative and contextual, rather than the quantitative and uniform\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMoves beyond traditional political science to blend human geography, international relations, anthropology, and sociology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface vii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Crown Jewel 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The Dead Relative: Bounding Europe in Europe 12\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeopolitics by Nobody; Carving Places out of Space; Embodied Europes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Knowledge and Policy in Transnational Fields 32\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlacing Diplomatic Knowledge; Policy Fields; “The work of reciprocal elucidation”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Brussels and Theatre: Bureaucracy and Place 61\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlanet Brussels; Those Who Hold the Pen: EU Professionals; The Political and the Technical – and the Social\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Transnational Diplomats: Representing Europe in EU 27 86\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eEuropean External Action Service; Curved Mirrors: Negotiating the National; The Group for Which There is no Term: The New Member States Copyrighted Material\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Powers of Conceptualization and Contextualization 112\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eA New Object of Knowledge; Fields of Expertise in the European Quarter; “Most people just want to do what they are told”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Feel for the Game: Symbolic Capital in the European Quarter 133\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSymbolic Capital; “We are dealing with elites”; “In the third degree of depth”; “An urbane, subtle approach”; Shifts and Spirals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Political Geographies of Expertise 171\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eKnowledge From and On the East; Finding a Market; “Things are evolving”; Managing Difference\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Circles of Knowledge 195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e References 209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index 225\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52417763836184,"sku":"9781118291702","price":24.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781118291702.jpg?v=1784507366","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/geopolitics-and-expertise-knowledge-and-authority-in-european-diplomacy-paperback-softback-9781118291702","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}