The political uses of expert knowledge : immigration policy and social research

Publication Data

• Title The political uses of expert knowledge : immigration policy and social research
• Author Christina Boswell
• Publisher Cambridge University Press
• Publication date 2009
• Publication location Cambridge
• Language English

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.

Topics

• 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
• European Union countries

The political uses of expert knowledge : immigration policy and social research by Christina Boswell. ISBN 9780521517416. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.