Christina Boswell

Political Uses of Expert Knowledge (eBook, PDF)

Immigration Policy and Social Research

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511577451
• Artikelnr.: 38216230

Inhaltsangabe

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.