Making Citizens Page 1 PALGRA VE POLITICS OF IDENTITY & CITIZENSHIP SERIES Making
Citizens Public Rituals and Personal Journeys to Citizenship Bridget Byrne Page 2 Palgrave …

Citizenship tests are designed to ensure that new citizens have the knowledge required for
successful 'integration'. This article explores what those who have taken the test thought …

Within and Beyond Citizenship brings together cutting-edge research in sociology and
social anthropology on the relationship between immigration status, rights and belonging in …

This article examines the colonial legacies shaping current language requirements for
immigrants applying for settlement or citizenship in Britain. The article argues that common …

Polish migration to the UK post European Union enlargement has been studied extensively
but limited attention has been paid to women and their gendered mobility. In this paper, I …

Citizenship in the UK has in recent times been explicitly framed as a privilege not a right,
granted selectively and withdrawn from some. There are several criteria that assist the …

Citizenship tests are arguably intended as moments of hailing, or interpellation, through
which norms are internalized and citizen-subjects produced. We analyse the multiple …

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Long term resident migrants to the UK,
who often possess valuable skills for the economy, still face significant barriers to …

Capitalist liberal democratic states are undergoing profound changes. Welfare states are
being cut back, inequalities are widening, unemployment–or underemployment–is growing …

Immigration was a decisive factor in pre‐Brexit‐vote debates and it remains one of the most
divisive topics globally; therefore, it is worthy of attention. Whilst the British people had an …