Political Uses of Expert Knowledge - Immigration Policy and Social Research

Informationen zum Autor Christina Boswell is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the School of Social and Political Studies! University of Edinburgh. Klappentext This book examines the role of knowledge in policy, showing how policymakers use research to establish authority in contentious areas of policy. Zusammenfassung 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. This book challenges this view! arguing that policymakers are just as likely to value expert knowledge to establish authority in contentious areas of policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Part I. The Political Functions of Knowledge: 1. The puzzle: explaining the uses of knowledge; 2. Instrumental knowledge and organizational legitimacy; 3. The symbolic functions of knowledge; 4. The uses of knowledge in public policy debates; Part II. The Case of Immigration Policy: 5. The politics of immigration in Germany and the UK; 6. The British Home Office; 7. The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees; 8. The European Commission; 9. Organizations and cultures of expertise; Part III. Extending the Theory: 10. Knowledge and policy; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Christina Boswell, Christina (University of Edinburgh) Boswell, Boswell Christina
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.05.2009
• EAN: 9780521517416
• ISBN: 978-0-521-51741-6
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Comparative Politics, Migration, immigration and emigration, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples