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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 f...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boswell, Christina, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Emigration and immigration > Research > European Union countries.
Political planning > European Union countries.
Policy sciences > Case studies.
Knowledge, Sociology of > Case studies.
Émigration et immigration > Recherche > Pays de l'Union européenne.
Politique publique > Pays de l'Union européenne.
Sciences de la politique > Études de cas.
Sociologie de la connaissance > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Emigration and immigration > Research.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Policy sciences.
Political planning.
Invandrare > forskning > EU-länderna.
European Union countries > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Pays de l'Union européenne > Émigration et immigration > Politique gouvernementale.
European Union countries.
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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