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Book SynopsisIn 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, this 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.
Table of Contents1. 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
