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LEADER: 01847cam a22003134a 4500
001 2009010744
003 DLC
005 20090914152914.0
008 090312s2009 enk b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aJV7590$b.B69 2009
082 00 $a325.4$222
100 1 $aBoswell, Christina.
245 14 $aThe political uses of expert knowledge :$bimmigration policy and social research /$cChristina Boswell.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2009.
300 $aviii, 272 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 252-267) and index.
505 0 $aThe 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.
651 0 $aEuropean Union countries$xEmigration and immigration$xGovernment policy.
650 0 $aEmigration and immigration$xResearch$zEuropean Union countries.
650 0 $aPolitical planning$zEuropean Union countries.
650 0 $aPolicy sciences$vCase studies.
650 0 $aKnowledge, Sociology of$vCase studies.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0907/2009010744-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0907/2009010744-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0907/2009010744-t.html