In this incisive analysis, Sredanovic compares and contrasts the experiences of citizenship and integration policies in the UK and Belgium.
In-depth interviews with officials illuminate both the everyday application of approaches to citizenship and integration, and their evolution in recent years. By examining the levels of discretion that exist within the two countries' systems, the book explores the variations within the implementation processes.
The first comparative work of its kind, this book goes beyond the analysis of legislation to explore how citizenship and integration policies are applied on the frontline.
By:
Djordje Sredanovic (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 203mm,
Width: 127mm,
ISBN: 9781529219883
ISBN 10: 1529219884
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 31 January 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Undergraduate
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ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. Introduction Citizenship and integration: rights and inequality Cultural conformity and legal guarantees: citizenship and integration in Europe Implementation: law in action Method Contents of the book 2. Citizenship in the UK History and policy: discretion and cultural conformity Nationality Checking Services: citizenship on the territory Citizenship implementation in the Home Office Conclusion: cultural conformity, discretion and routinization 3. Nationality in Belgium History and policy: cultural conformity and the documentary approach Parquets, registers and the implementation of nationality Geographic variation Conclusion: not much discretion, but not much uniformity either 4. Integration in Belgium History and policy: separate models of integration CRIs and the implementation of integration in Wallonia The determination of individual needs Conclusion: integration, uncertainty and flexibility 5. Comparative Analyses Migration policies behind the frontline The spaces of discretion Factors of variation Conclusion: how applying the law changes it 6. Conclusions Political implications The future of citizenship and integration Policy recommendations
Djordje Sredanovic is an FNRS postdoctoral fellow at the Group for Research on Ethnic Relations, Migration and Equality at the Universit Libre de Bruxelles.
Reviews for Implementing Citizenship, Nationality and Integration Policies: The UK and Belgium in Comparative Perspective
In this striking book, Sredanovic sheds new light on the central role played by the implementation processes of citizenship and integration policies. This is a powerful demonstration of how discretion and institutional organization produce variations. Andrea Rea, Universite Libre de Bruxelles The wealth of empirical material in Sredanovic's book paints a wonderful picture of the complex implementation of naturalization procedures. It offers a welcome contribution to understanding the workings of discretion in different legal and political contexts. Jelena Dzankic, European University Institute This distinctive book uncovers how the meaning of integration changes at the point of implementing policy, and tracks how discretion and diverging interpretations of the law can hinder but also help migrants seeking citizenship status. Anne-Marie Fortier, Lancaster University
