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Author Boswell, Christina.

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

Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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Description viii, 272 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-267) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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 policy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780521517416

 
    
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