The Role of Narratives in Migration Policy-Making: A Research Framework

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Boswell, Christina ^a   Geddes, Andrew ^b   Scholten, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Expert knowledge; Migration policy; Policy narratives; Public policy

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 78650983632     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2010.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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