The EU's Common Security and Defence Policy: Learning Communities in Intern ational Organizations (Palgrave Studies in European U.

US: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. Paperback. Like New. This book accounts for transformations in the EU's Common Security and Defe nce Policy (CSDP)during fifteen years of operations (2001-2016), and argues that the EU evolved into a softer and more civilian security provider, rat her than a military one. This learning process was driven by transnational communities of experts and practitioners, which acted as engines of change. Giovanni Faleg analyses two innovative concepts introduced in the EU secur ity discourse since the late 1990s: security sector reform (SSR) and civili an crisis management (CCM). Both stem from a new understanding of security, involving the development of non-military approaches and a comprehensive a pproach to crisis management. However, the implementation of the two policy frameworks by the EU led to very different outcomes. The book explains thi s variation by exploring the pathways by which ideas turn into policies, an d by comparing the transformational power of epistemic communities and comm unities of practice. < Editorial Reviews Review "This book offers a highly sophisticated analysis of how institutions creat e change - through ideas and learning. It is a major theoretical contributi on, based on impeccable empirical research, to the literature on "learning communities". Faleg's focus on the civilian dimension of CSDP breaks import ant new ground." (Professor Jolyon Howorth, Yale University, USA) "As a relative newcomer to the European project, the CSDP offers the perfect test case to analyse the development of a policy area through the structured interaction between practitioners and experts. Faleg provides a much awaited and insightful account of.