TY - BOOK AU - Boswell,Christina TI - The political uses of expert knowledge: Immigration policy and social research SN - 9780521517416 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 N1 - Includes bibliographical references 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0907/2009010744-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0907/2009010744-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0907/2009010744-t.html ER -