Britishness, belonging and citizenship: Experiencing nationality law by Devyani

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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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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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

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.

Review

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

Long Description

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.

Review Quote

"Engagingly written and addresses a very timely, and urgent, area of debate."

Feature

Illuminates the gap between policy and practice in terms of the difficulties of the path towards citizenship;Draws from real life experiences of the barriers to British citizenship;Engaging and accessible, including illustrations to go with the stories.

Details ISBN1447344472 Author Devyani Prabhat Year 2018 ISBN-10 1447344472 ISBN-13 9781447344476 Format Hardcover Imprint Policy Press Place of Publication Bristol Country of Publication United Kingdom Media Book DEWEY 323.60941 Short Title Britishness, Belonging and Citizenship Language English UK Release Date 2018-03-27 Publication Date 2018-03-27 Illustrations 20 Illustrations, black and white NZ Release Date 2018-03-27 Publisher Policy Press Pages 128 Subtitle Experiencing nationality law Alternative 9781447344506 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2018-03-26 We've got this

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