The political uses of expert knowledge : immigration policy and social research /
Boswell, Christina.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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.
Emigration and immigration
Political planning
Policy sciences
Knowledge, Sociology of