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Author Boswell, Christina, 1972-

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

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 272 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject European Union countries -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
European Union countries.
Emigration and immigration.
Government policy.
Emigration and immigration -- Research -- European Union countries.
Emigration and immigration -- Research.
Political planning -- European Union countries.
Political planning.
Policy sciences -- Case studies.
Policy sciences.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Knowledge, Sociology of -- Case studies.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Case studies.
Other Form: Print version: Boswell, Christina. Political uses of expert knowledge. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521517416 0521517419 (DLC) 2009010744 (OCoLC)299718462
ISBN 9780511580802 (electronic book)
0511580800 (electronic book)
9780511581120 (electronic book)
0511581122 (electronic book)
0521517419
9780521517416
9780511578557
0511578555
9780521517416

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