Boswell, Christina. <br/><br/>
The political uses of expert knowledge  immigration policy and social research /  [electronic resource] : 
Christina Boswell. 
 - Cambridge ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2009. 
 - viii, 272 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-267) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Emigration and immigration--Research--European Union countries.<br/>Political planning--European Union countries.<br/>Policy sciences--Case studies.<br/>Knowledge, Sociology of--Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>European Union countries--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JV7590  / .B69 2009eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>325.4