{"product_id":"european-union-communities-of-practice-9781032043678","title":"European Union Communities of Practice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a practice-based analysis of European Union (EU) diplomacy and community-building.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike studies focusing on how EU community-building proceeds centrally in Brussels, this book turns to EU diplomacy in its bordering state of Ukraine. At a time when the EU's internal cohesion is being put to the test, this book provides novel insights into how feelings of belonging are produced amongst its members in the absence of a homogenous we'. Transcending the traditional dichotomy between macro-structures and micro-processes of interaction, the book demonstrates that the EU's large-scale community depends for its existence on practical instantiations of community-building in distinct communities of practice'. Using the case of an EU diplomatic community of practice' in Kyiv, Ukraine, takes these questions to the EU's margins, highlighting that the boundaries of community are key sites in which community materialises. The in-depth case study identifies diplomats' bound\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018809049431,"sku":"9781032043678","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032043678.jpg?v=1750778230","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/european-union-communities-of-practice-9781032043678","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}