Britishness, belonging and citizenship

Experiencing nationality law

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

Long term resident migrants to the UK still face significant barriers to citizenship. Dr Prabhat captures the experiences of those who successfully become British citizens through stories of belonging, citizenship, and the law. The book exposes the challenges which become insurmountable for many migrants, and illuminates the gap between policy and practice in gaining British citizenship.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-03-27
Mått:129 x 198 x 17 mm
Vikt:268 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:160
Förlag:Policy Press
ISBN:9781447344476

Utforska kategorier

Migration inom Samhälle och politik
Politiskt förtryck inom Samhälle och politik
Migrations- och asylrätt inom Juridik

Mer om författaren

Dr Devyani Prabhat is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol Law School, UK, with legal practice experience in Constitutional law. She holds a LL.M and a PhD from New York University. At present, she researches and teaches Migration, Citizenship and Nationality from a socio-legal and comparative perspective. She supervises doctoral students researching on citizenship and migration. In 2017 she won the prestigious Peter Birks Award for Outstanding Legal Scholarship, awarded by the Society of Legal Scholars.

Recensioner i media

"Engagingly written and addresses a very timely, and urgent, area of debate." Sarah Neal, Professor of Sociology, University of Sheffield

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction to trends and concepts in British citizenship;British citizenship and migration in stories; A folkloric account of citizenship and belonging; Myths and legends: stories of struggles and disappointment; A few fairy tales? stories of success;And, they lived happily ever after? Some conclusions.