Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice
Volume 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 26-40

(De)constructing Expertise: Comparing Knowledge Utilization in the Migrant Integration “Crisis” (Article)

Caponio T.* , Hunter A. , Verbeek S.
  • a Department of Cultures, Politics and Society, University of Turin, Italy
  • b School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • c Department of Public Administration and the Department of Sociology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

Abstract: Crises may provide windows of opportunity for policy analysis, since policymakers are likely to be interested in knowledge which helps them solve their urgent problems. But what if there are deep divisions in policy-oriented research on the nature and very existence of the crisis? This article analyses the migrant integration “crisis” after 2000 in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Italy. The findings demonstrate that what counts as expertise may constantly be contested and produced at times of crisis. The notion of “(de)constructing expertise” is introduced to describe conflict-ridden patterns of knowledge utilization, where different knowledge claims and experts compete for recognition. © 2014, © 2014 The Editor, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice.

Author Keywords

Knowledge utilisation United Kingdom Italy The Netherlands Migrant integration policies (De)constructing expertise

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84926482019&doi=10.1080%2f13876988.2014.889902&partnerID=40&md5=17e684c43c894903a12519e4ae604fdf
DOI: 10.1080/13876988.2014.889902
ISSN: 13876988
Cited by: 4
Original Language: English