TY - BOOK AU - Boswell,Christina ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The political uses of expert knowledge: immigration policy and social research AV - JV7590 .B69 2009eb U1 - 325.4 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Research KW - European Union countries KW - Political planning KW - Policy sciences KW - Case studies KW - Knowledge, Sociology of KW - Government policy KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10333229 ER -