European Union Communities of Practice

Diplomacy and Boundary Work in Ukraine

Maren Hofius (University of Hamburg, Germany)

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English

Routledge
22 December 2022

Regional studies; Development studies; Political structure & processes; EU & European institutions; Human geography

Series: Routledge Global Cooperation Series

This book provides a practice-based analysis of European Union (EU) diplomacy and community-building.

Unlike 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’ ‘boundary work’ as the constitutive rule that makes the local ‘community of practice’ cohere and create feelings of belonging to the large-scale polity of the EU.

This book will be of interest to researchers of European studies, as well as to those working on global cooperation and international relations more broadly.

By: Maren Hofius (University of Hamburg Germany)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 548g
ISBN: 9781032043654
ISBN 10: 1032043652
Series: Routledge Global Cooperation Series
Pages: 190
Publication Date: 22 December 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction 2. The Community Problem of International Relations 3. ‘Communities of Practice’: Illuminating the Constitutive Rules of Community 4. From Methodology to Method: Reconstructing the Background of Community 5. EU Diplomacy as ‘Boundary Work’: Anchoring the Practices of Community 6. Conclusion

Maren Hofius is a Lecturer of Political Science, University of Hamburg, Germany.

Reviews for European Union Communities of Practice: Diplomacy and Boundary Work in Ukraine

Hofius’s book is a remarkable achievement. It is a persuasive reminder of the intricate bond between the local and the global, as well as the subtle threads that bind the EU together. It is also a testament to the power of communities of practice in shaping, defining and breathing life into the ever evolving narrative of the EU. Emanuel Adler, University of Toronto, Canada