Dickson, Eve;
Redclift, Victoria;
Rajina, Fatima;
(2023)
Attacking transnationalism and citizenship: British Bangladeshis, family migration, and the postcolonial state.
Critical Social Policy
10.1177/02610183231185756.
(In press).
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Abstract
In July 2012, major changes to the family migration rules were made in the UK, severely restricting British and settled residents’ rights to sponsor non-EEA family members. However, little is known about how they have been experienced in practice, particularly by the South Asian families they target. Our article draws on policy and media analysis alongside original qualitative research to shed light on how the 2012 family migration rules have impacted British Bangladeshis, and with what consequences for their experiences of citizenship and the possibilities of them leading transnational lives. We argue that the rules amount to a raced, gendered, and classed ‘attack’ on both transnationalism and citizenship and suggest that, while transnationalism and citizenship are often analysed separately, they are in fact deeply intertwined.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Attacking transnationalism and citizenship: British Bangladeshis, family migration, and the postcolonial state |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/02610183231185756 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/02610183231185756 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author(s) 2023. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
| Keywords: | transnational marriage, bordering, South Asian families, marriage migration, racial neoliberalism |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10174083 |
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