The political uses of expert knowledge [electronic resource] : immigration policy and social research / Christina Boswell.

By: Boswell, ChristinaContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009Description: viii, 272 pSubject(s): Emigration and immigration -- Research -- European Union countries | Political planning -- European Union countries | Policy sciences -- Case studies | Knowledge, Sociology of -- Case studies | European Union countries -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 325.4 LOC classification: JV7590 | .B69 2009Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
The political functions of knowledge -- The puzzle : explaning the uses of knowledge -- Instrumental knowledge and organizational legitimacy -- The symbolic functions of knowledge -- The use of knowledge in public policy debates -- The case of immigration policy -- The politics of immigration in germany and the uk -- The British Home Office -- The German Federal Office for Migration -- The European Commission -- organizations and cultures of expertise -- Extending the theory -- Knowledge and policy.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-267) and index.

The political functions of knowledge -- The puzzle : explaning the uses of knowledge -- Instrumental knowledge and organizational legitimacy -- The symbolic functions of knowledge -- The use of knowledge in public policy debates -- The case of immigration policy -- The politics of immigration in germany and the uk -- The British Home Office -- The German Federal Office for Migration -- The European Commission -- organizations and cultures of expertise -- Extending the theory -- Knowledge and policy.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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