{"product_id":"geopolitics-and-expertise-9781118291702","title":"Geopolitics and Expertise","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries Editors' Preface vii\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements viii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction: The Crown Jewel 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The Dead Relative: Bounding Europe in Europe 12\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Geopolitics by Nobody; Carving Places out of Space; Embodied Europes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Knowledge and Policy in Transnational Fields 32\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Placing Diplomatic Knowledge; Policy Fields; \"The work of reciprocal elucidation\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Brussels and Theatre: Bureaucracy and Place 61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Planet Brussels; Those Who Hold the Pen: EU Professionals; The Political and the Technical – and the Social\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Transnational Diplomats: Representing Europe in EU 27 86\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e European External Action Service; Curved Mirrors: Negotiating the National; The Group for Which There is no Term: The New Member States\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Powers of Conceptualization and Contextualization 112\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A New Object of Knowledge; Fields of Expertise in the European Quarter; \"Most people just want to do what they are told\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Feel for the Game: Symbolic Capital in the European Quarter 133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Symbolic Capital; \"We are dealing with elites\"; \"In the third degree of depth\"; \"An urbane, subtle approach\"; Shifts and Spirals\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Political Geographies of Expertise 171\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Knowledge From and On the East; Finding a Market; \"Things are evolving\"; Managing Difference\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConclusion: Circles of Knowledge 195\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReferences 209\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 225\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528825086295,"sku":"9781118291702","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118291702.jpg?v=1731873165","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/geopolitics-and-expertise-9781118291702","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}