Brexit and citizens' rights: History, policy and experience

by Djordje Sredanovic (Editor), Bridget Byrne (Editor)

Overview

The book offers interdisciplinary analyses of the impact of Brexit on the rights of EU27 citizens in the UK, Britons in the UK and the EU, and third-country nationals. It combines a historical examination of citizenship and migration between the UK, Europe and the Commonwealth with the analysis of policies and of the experiences of the different groups impacted by Brexit. The book discusses Brexit within the larger history and dynamics of UK and EU citizenship and migration. The individual chapters look at how Brexit is transforming the citizenship rights of different groups, including issues of loss of citizenship and experiences of naturalisation. They further examine the fears of the groups impacted, and larger issues of belonging, marginalisation, political orientations and mobilisations that cross legal status, nationality, ethnicity, race and class.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526169624
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	10/29/2024
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Djordje Sredanovic is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Chester

Bridget Byrne is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester

Table of Contents

Introduction: Brexit and citizenship in context – Djordje Sredanovic and Bridget Byrne

Part I: History and Policy

1. Empire and Brexit: Rights, rollback, and categorical exclusion – Devyani Prabhat

2. Brexit and legal status of Turkish nationals in the UK: A case study on the standstill clauses of the Association – Çigdem Nas and Sanem Baykal

3. Understanding and explaining the practice of denaturalisation in the United Kingdom – Colin Yeo

Part II: Experience

4. Citizenship and belonging in the times of Brexit: The case of Polish migrants in Manchester – Alina Rzepnikowska-Philips

5. ‘I will never be British’: EU citizens and the illusion of belonging – Marianela Barrios Aquino

6. Brexit fears: Anticipating and dealing with the loss of citizenship rights – Djordje Sredanovic

7. Brexit and Brits in Spain: Lifestyle migration and political agency – Jeremy MacClancy

8. ‘We Are the European Family: Unsettling the role of family in belonging, race, nation and the European project’– Hannah Jones

Conclusion: The long Brexit – Djordje Sredanovic and Bridget Byrne

Index