Boswell, Christina. <br/><br/>
The political uses of expert knowledge :  Immigration policy and social research / 
Christina Boswell. 
 - Cambridge ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2009. 
 - viii, 272 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references 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/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521517416 
<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.