Britishness, belonging and citizenship Experiencing nationality law
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2018
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781447344476
Publisert
2018-03-27
Utgiver
Vendor
Policy Press
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
128
Forfatter
Biographical note
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.
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.
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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 illuminates the gap between policy and practice in gaining British citizenship.
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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.
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"Engagingly written and addresses a very timely, and urgent, area of debate." Sarah Neal, Professor of Sociology, University of Sheffield
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781447344476
Publisert
2018-03-27
Utgiver
Vendor
Policy Press
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
128
Forfatter