TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boswell,Christina
TI  - The political uses of expert knowledge: immigration policy and social research 
SN  - 9780511580802
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  - Émigration et immigration
KW  - Recherche
KW  - Pays de l'Union européenne
KW  - Politique publique
KW  - Sciences de la politique
KW  - Études de cas
KW  - Sociologie de la connaissance
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Emigration & Immigration
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Government policy
KW  - fast
KW  - Invandrare
KW  - forskning
KW  - EU-länderna
KW  - sao
KW  - Politique gouvernementale
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 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
N2  - Why do politicians and civil servants commission research and what use do they make of it in policymaking? The received wisdom is that research contributes to improving government policy. Christina Boswell challenges this view, arguing that policymakers are just as likely to value expert knowledge for two alternative reasons: as a way of lending authority to their preferences; or to signal their capacity to make sound decisions. Boswell develops a compelling new theory of the role of knowledge in policy, showing how policymakers use research to establish authority in contentious and risky areas of policy. She illustrates her argument with an analysis of European immigration policies, charting the ways in which expertise becomes a resource for lending credibility to controversial claims, underpinning high-risk decisions or bolstering the credibility of government agencies
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