TY - BOOK AU - Boswell,,Christina TI - ˜The œpolitical uses of expert knowledge: immigration policy and social research SN - 9780521517416 AV - JV7590 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 - Knowledge, Sociology of KW - Government policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 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 ER -