Britishness, belonging and citizenship by Devyani Prabhat

Britishness, belonging and citizenship by Devyani Prabhat

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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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Britishness, belonging and citizenship by Devyani Prabhat

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.
"Engagingly written and addresses a very timely, and urgent, area of debate" Sarah Neal, Professor of Sociology, University of Sheffield
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.
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ISBN 13 9781447344476
ISBN 10 1447344472
Title Britishness, belonging and citizenship
Author Devyani Prabhat
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Policy Press
Year published 2018-03-27
Number of pages 128
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.